Joanna Jędryka

Acting

Joanna Jędryka

Born

1940-01-01 (86)

Place of birth

Trembowla, ZSRR (obecnie Ukraina)

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 6 titles

Yes, Yes poster
4.2

Set in Poland in the 1970s, the main character half-heartedly goes about his job as a censor at the state run television station, whilst conducting affairs with nurses, airline pilots, etc. Interesting scene where main character must illegally emigrate to his own country.

Yes, Yes

1993

Eminent Domain poster
6.0

A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.

Eminent Domain

1991

At the End of the World poster
7.0

The year is 1989, and the country's first free elections in a long time are approaching. A man in a cycling cap organizes a chain of clean hands, using it as a tool in his election campaign. In the queue outside the passport office, people chat, make plans, and ponder what's worth selling abroad. Writers observe the world around them. One of them is applying for a passport. In Dzierżyński Square, the monument to Feliks Edmundowicz is being dismantled. Two drunk men sleep on a bench, and behind them is a sign reading: "All is well." The two writers observe the ongoing transformation of the political system.

At the End of the World

1994

Rat poster
7.0

Polish businessman Jarek Branicki organizes a beauty pageant. As the man in charge, he expects his girlfriend to win it and suggests this outcome to the judges. At the same time, however, he is on the verge of bankruptcy and tries to escape the country after being cornered by his creditors. Recognized by a passenger on the train, he flees and finds refuge in the underground passages of Warsaw’s central railway station.

Rat

1994

Flying Machines Versus Mr. Samochodzik poster
7.2

Mr. Samochodzik with his friend Joanna and her son Piotr are going on vacation to a mountain village. Peter dreams of adventures, and his imagination is focused on discovering weirdness. Here he eavesdrops on a conversation which shows that a man and a woman are planning a murder. It turns out, however, that the mysterious man is the author of crime novels Mr. Arizona, who uses the advice and ideas of his servant Sophia. The mistake is explained, Mr. Samochodzik, Joanna and Piotr gain new friends and thanks to them they meet the Italian film crew making the film in this area. Unfortunately, a real misfortune falls on the filmmakers: the main role star - beautiful Diana - mysteriously disappears. There is a break in shooting. The producer of the film seems distraught, but Mr. Arizona suspects that the actress's disappearance is an advertising gimmick. The friends start investigating on their own.

Flying Machines Versus Mr. Samochodzik

1991

Prostitutes poster
4.7

In the life of Ula, a twenty-year-old very pretty girl, nothing good has happened so far. Poverty, her father an alcoholic abuser to his family, finally an illegitimate child, raised alone ...

Prostitutes

1998

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 13 titles

The Epidemic poster
9.0

Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being called to the epidemic. The doctor has to leave, and when it is all over, runs into her with another man.

The Epidemic

1972

Kocie ślady poster
5.8

A young militia lieutenant goes undercover as a journalist to investigate a Zakopane smuggling ring.

Kocie ślady

1971

How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends poster
7.6

Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, he is able to escape with a parachute, and finds himself back in Poland, now occupied by Nazis.

How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends

1970

Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne poster
6.7

A group of middle-aged men takes a bus trip to the Black Sea, having to put up with the border guard, accommodation and their guide, a film school student.

Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne

1973

Jarosław Dąbrowski poster
10.0

A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.

Jarosław Dąbrowski

1976

The Woodpecker poster
5.7

A man approaching middle age gets more than he bargained for when he tries having an extramarital affair while his wife is away.

The Woodpecker

1971

Wielki układ poster
3.0

40-year-old engineer Marek Kołodziejski comes to his hometown after fifteen years. He wants to take revenge on his friends who kicked him out of the band for appropriating the authorship of the project.

Wielki układ

1976

Sekret poster
10.0

After her husband's death Stefania learns that her respected spouse, who was a university professor, had a flat of his own where he lead a second life.

Sekret

1973

No artwork available
4.3

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.

Koty to dranie

1978

Heads and Tails poster
7.5

In spring of 1954, thanks to amnesty, Marcin Nowak - a political prisoner - get released from prison and tries turn his life back to normal

Heads and Tails

1975

Pułapka poster
6.0

Shortly after World War 2 a conflict between cousins, a Polish major and a former SS soldier arises on the Recovered Territories.

Pułapka

1971

Hour After Hour poster
8.0

Tadeusz documents his work as a driver by writing short stories to papers.

Hour After Hour

1974

Funeral Circuit poster
5.5

Seven-year-old Marek - a lonely boy, lost, desperately seeking warmth and love. His parents are two young scientists, completely devoted to their careers. She is just finishing her doctoral thesis, he is sketching new projects to promote him. They apply rigor and ruthless discipline to the child. No bond connects them with a child. They do not try to understand his needs, have no idea about his dreams, problems. Marek falls into severe depression. In the doctor's office, Marek notices a cat. He is awakened by the overwhelming desire to have his own pet - a longed-for friend. Of course, the parents do not even want to hear about it. Marek secretly, for buying pocket money, he buys a cricket - a creature that is small enough to hide from the eyes of his parents.

Funeral Circuit

1978

1960s · 10 titles

The Saragossa Manuscript poster
7.7

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

The Saragossa Manuscript

1966

Wyspa złoczyńców poster
6.5

A young museum worker sets out to find a treasure hidden in a small town.

Wyspa złoczyńców

1965

Ubranie prawie nowe poster
10.0

After years of working in the city, Róża returns to the countryside. The property she has accumulated draws the attention of local bachelors.

Ubranie prawie nowe

1964

A Lady from the Window poster
7.5

Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.

A Lady from the Window

1964

The Voice from Beyond poster
5.8

A doctor, though not having finished his studies, earns a living providing medical advice. A former nurse enters the stage, saying she hears voices from "the other world". At first, they can exploit gullible victims without problems, but soon the authorities begin showing in these quacks.

The Voice from Beyond

1962

No artwork available
NR

The fourth of six episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 8 and 9.

More Than Life At Stake Part Four

1969

Story of the Golden Boot poster
6.5

Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.

Story of the Golden Boot

1961

Kierunek Berlin poster
7.4

Polish Army takes part in the Berlin Operation in the final weeks of World War 2.

Kierunek Berlin

1969

Place on Earth poster
8.0

A teenager finds himself torn after the death of his mother and falls on the wrong side of the law.

Place on Earth

1960

Two Gentlemen 'N' poster
6.9

Kazmierz Dziewanowicz's hobby is very strange. He collects people who were born on the 29th of February. One day he sees that in his collection there are two men with the same name, the same birth place, the same date of birth and the same parents. In the middle of the night somebody kills him. The Intelligence Agency begins investigation.

Two Gentlemen 'N'

1962

Series credits

Dom poster
7.3

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Dom

1980

More Than Life At Stake poster
8.0

A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.

More Than Life At Stake

1968

Doktor Ewa poster
9.0

Doctor Ewa Lipska, an attractive young woman just after graduation, with interesting professional prospects for the future, chooses the job of a village doctor. Brought up in a big city, she settles in the small town of Międzybórz in the Łódź Province. She is forced not only to overcome the daily difficulties resulting from medical practice in a rural health center, but also to learn to talk to people of a different mentality and gain the trust of her patients.

Doktor Ewa

1971

Czego się boją faceci, czyli seks w mniejszym mieście poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Czego się boją faceci, czyli seks w mniejszym mieście

2003

Kapitan Sowa na tropie poster
7.2

Kapitan Sowa na tropie is a Polish series from 1965 directed by Stanisław Bareja. It was the first Polish criminal series made after World War II.

Kapitan Sowa na tropie

1965

Puppy Love poster
10.0

A drama series about young people on the threshold of maturity. The heroes are young people who have recently graduated from high school. Before them, the first life decisions await, the first "adult" love, as well as the first disappointments and dramas.

Puppy Love

1980

Stawiam na Tolka Banana poster
7.4

A series for young people, dealing with important educational problems, characteristic of the so-called difficult youth. The protagonists of the film - four boys and a girl aged 12-14 - are in constant conflict with the social order; they are only a step away from the hooligan lifestyle. The film shows the need for the existence of ideals, noble myths and models of behavior in the lives of young people. The characters' dreams are embodied in the romantic character of Tolek Banana, his mysterious personality stimulates their imaginations. The film presents the adventures of a youth "gang" changing their behavior under the influence of Tolek Banana. Thanks to him, the heroes learn friendship and honesty, according to the principle "one for all, all for one".

Stawiam na Tolka Banana

1973

Znaki szczególne poster
7.0

Engineer Bogdan Zawada moves to the construction of a port on the Baltic Sea. The man tries to arrange his personal and professional life in a new environment.

Znaki szczególne

1977

5 dni z życia emeryta poster
NR

An adaptation of Jerzy Stefan Stawiński’s novel "13 Days in the Life of a Retiree: The Diary of Adam Bzowski", depicting the exemplary life of a Polish intellectual (born well before the war) and his ancestors.

5 dni z życia emeryta

1985