Wanda Jakubowska

Directing

Wanda Jakubowska

Born 1907-10-10 · Warszawa, Rosja (obecnie Polska)

Wanda Jakubowska (10 November 1907 – 25 February 1998) was a Polish film director. She is best known for her work on the Holocaust. Her 1948 film "The Last Stage" was an early and influential depiction of concentration camps. It was filmed on location at Auschwitz, where Jakubowska had been interned. She was an ardent Communist whose films were often heavily politicized.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Last Stage poster
7.2

Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.

The Last Stage

1948

The Last Stage poster
7.2

Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.

The Last Stage

1948

It Started Yesterday poster
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Based on real events story of stealing methyl alcohol causing mass poisoning in town.

It Started Yesterday

1961

Farewell to the Devil poster
6.0

A journalist investigates a mysterious murder in the countryside.

Farewell to the Devil

1957

Farewell to the Devil poster
6.0

A journalist investigates a mysterious murder in the countryside.

Farewell to the Devil

1957

Soldier of Victory poster
10.0

Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.

Soldier of Victory

1953

Soldier of Victory poster
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Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.

Soldier of Victory

1953

Meetings In The Dark poster
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A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.

Meetings In The Dark

1960

Meetings In The Dark poster
8.0

A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.

Meetings In The Dark

1960

The Sea poster
7.0

The Sea [Morze] is a 1933 Polish short documentary film directed by Wanda Jakubowska. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).

The Sea

1933

150km Per Hour poster
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Young Marcin wishes to escape his life in a village and make a career in a city.

150km Per Hour

1972

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Polish feature film from 1939 , directed by Wanda Jakubowska with a screenplay by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz , based on the novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa of the same title. The film was lost during World War II.

On The Niemen

Król Maciuś I poster
6.5

A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results

Król Maciuś I

1958

Król Maciuś I poster
6.5

A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results

Król Maciuś I

1958

The White Mazurka poster
8.0

A film about the life and activities of the Polish revolutionary Ludwik Waryński. In his memoirs, Ludwik returns to his student years in St. Petersburg, to Warsaw, to Krakow, where he was arrested and put on trial. After the end of the process in Krakow, Waryński leaves for Geneva, where he meets with Russian revolutionaries. In 1881, he returned to his homeland and created the first party of workers in Poland...

The White Mazurka

1979

The White Mazurka poster
8.0

A film about the life and activities of the Polish revolutionary Ludwik Waryński. In his memoirs, Ludwik returns to his student years in St. Petersburg, to Warsaw, to Krakow, where he was arrested and put on trial. After the end of the process in Krakow, Waryński leaves for Geneva, where he meets with Russian revolutionaries. In 1881, he returned to his homeland and created the first party of workers in Poland...

The White Mazurka

1979

Atlantic Story poster
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The fate of a German found by the French peasants - a deserter from the Legion of Foreign Affairs fighting in Vietnam.

Atlantic Story

1955

The Hot Line poster
9.0

Przybora, an engineer, undertakes the construction of a modern mine. His fiancée supports him in the hardships of his work.

The Hot Line

1965

Invitation poster
6.5

The main character is Anna, an outstanding pediatrician. She survived the harsh years of war in a concentration camp and cannot accept the behavior of her daughter Natalia, who uses her connections and cares only about material goods. Anna is reminded of 1939, when Piotr, who had been missing for forty-five years, arrives in Poland. Together, they visit places that are important to them: Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, and Ravensbruck.

Invitation

1986

Invitation poster
6.5

The main character is Anna, an outstanding pediatrician. She survived the harsh years of war in a concentration camp and cannot accept the behavior of her daughter Natalia, who uses her connections and cares only about material goods. Anna is reminded of 1939, when Piotr, who had been missing for forty-five years, arrives in Poland. Together, they visit places that are important to them: Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, and Ravensbruck.

Invitation

1986

We Are Building New Villages poster
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The document illustrates the reconstruction and modernization of Polish villages after the destruction during World War II.

We Are Building New Villages

1946

We Are Building New Villages poster
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The document illustrates the reconstruction and modernization of Polish villages after the destruction during World War II.

We Are Building New Villages

1946

The End of Our World poster
10.0

Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it

The End of Our World

1964

The End of Our World poster
10.0

Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it

The End of Our World

1964