Barbara Ludwiżanka

Acting

Barbara Ludwiżanka

Born 1908-01-24 · Stanisławów (obecnie Iwano-Frankiwsk), Austro-Węgry (obecnie Ukraina)

Acting credits

Sexmission poster
7.2

Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.

Sexmission

1984

Inna wyspa poster
3.0

Marta, a talented architect living with multiple sclerosis, struggles as her illness gradually erodes both her independence and her marriage. During repeated stays at a Catholic care home, she forms meaningful connections with fellow patients and a compassionate visitor, finding brief moments of hope amid the reality of her condition. As her world continues to unravel, Marta is forced to confront the limits of love, dignity, and the possibility of choosing her own fate.

Inna wyspa

1987

The End of the World poster
7.0

The monotonous everyday life of an elderly couple is recorded almost silently in a time frame of three days. A woman and a man who have lived their whole lives together no longer have anything in common, apart from habit and the arguments that separate them.

The End of the World

1989

The Lodger poster
7.5

A pleasant, open-faced young man comes to live in a boarding house with three peculiar women.

The Lodger

1967

No artwork available
4.3

After the death of a respected academician, who in his private life was a tyrant and a phony, the family awaits arrival of a prodigal son to begin the ceremony. However, the deceased has prepared a vengeance for his disappointing sons...

Funeral Ceremony

1985

No artwork available
6.9

The protagonists of the film are residents of a nursing home run by nuns. One of the nuns, Maria, wants to introduce discipline, but it is not easy. The elderly residents decide to fight for their independence. Their plans are thwarted by the departure of the leader of the rebellion. But the men will not give up so easily.

Chlopcy

1973

Tabliczka marzenia poster
7.5

A fifteen-year old Ludka navigates first love and frustrations related to failures of the adult world during summer holidays.

Tabliczka marzenia

1968

No artwork available
NR

Every morning, a mysterious trombonist plays a concert in one of Warsaw's tenement houses.

Piąta rano

1970

Poradnik matrymonialny poster
3.8

Roksana is the editor of the heart advice section of a widely read magazine. Her problem is the handsome and loving husband Bogumił. The man was taken to the hospital, where he is looked after by his sister Krystyna.

Poradnik matrymonialny

1968

No artwork available
NR

A lost simple comedy, which used the most representative parts of Poznań (the film was to promote the General National Exhibition in Poznań).

Milionowy spadkobierca

1928

The Peasants poster
5.8

In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.

The Peasants

1973

No artwork available
7.0

Wiktor Wiarecki is an unsuccessful writer. He is also not successful in his personal life: Wiktor's marriage is in crisis, and his adult son wants nothing to do with his father. The turning point is the death of his friend Wiarecki, an outstanding writer Stefan Przewłocki. A literary widow gives Wiktor the materials for the deceased's last novel.

Ciosy

1981

Godzina pąsowej róży poster
7.0

A girl finds herself transported to 1880's Warsaw.

Godzina pąsowej róży

1963

Wedle wyroków twoich... poster
7.0

As the Germans invade Poland Jewish Ruth and her mother are trapped by the oncoming Nazis. When they are loaded onto a truck for transportation to a ghetto, Ruth is told by her mother to jump from the truck at the first chance and to make her way to relatives in Warsaw. While the war progresses Ruth tries to survive and grow up.

Wedle wyroków twoich...

1984

The Border poster
5.4

Zenon Ziembiewicz, a young, budding journalist, comes to his parents' manor house for a vacation. Here he enters into an affair with the lovely Justyna Bogutówna, the daughter of a cook. When the canicule comes to an end, Zenon packs his bags and leaves for Paris to study. Returning after a year with a doctorate in political science, he makes a fast and glamorous career. He becomes the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper and, soon after, mayor of the city. He also marries Elzbieta Biecka, but still does not break up with Justyna.

The Border

1978

150km Per Hour poster
7.0

Young Marcin wishes to escape his life in a village and make a career in a city.

150km Per Hour

1972

No artwork available
NR

Władek returns to the town where he used to work to explain the circumstances of certain events. At that time, the boy lived in a boarding house with professor Marcinkowski.

Piękny był pogrzeb, ludzie płakali

1967

No artwork available
9.0

A marriage celebrates their 50th wedding anniversary while reckoning with the tragic events of their past.

Bardzo starzy oboje

1967

The Canterville Ghost poster
8.0

An American businessman moves to Europe and lives in a castle, where the ghost of one of the previous owners haunts him.

The Canterville Ghost

1968

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

Zwariowana noc poster
6.0

Three Polish resistance fighters hide in an old castle inhabitated by an old baroness and her relatives.

Zwariowana noc

1967

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

How to Gain Money, Women and Fame? poster
5.6

Three ironic episodes showing how to get what every man dreams of - money, women and fame.

How to Gain Money, Women and Fame?

1970

No artwork available
NR

Television theatre adaptation of a Robert Thomas play. In an isolated, snow-covered house eight women are preparing for a family gathering. The domestic peace is suddenly disturbed when they discover that the owner of the house has been murdered. Cut off from the world, unable to call for help, so they are forced to solve the mysterious crime by themselves.

Eight women

1970