
Acting
Katarzyna Łaniewska
Born — Died
1933-06-20 — 2020-12-07
Place of birth
Łódź, Poland
Known for
Acting
Credits
52 titles
Known for
7.7A group of teenagers go on a school camp in the Blue Mountains in Australia. While at the camp, Paul Reynolds accidentally goes into a parallel universe. This other world is inhabited by a more hierarchic and technologically different society, ruled by a group of people known as Spellbinders.
Spellbinder
1995
7.3The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
1980
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Miodowe lata
1998
9.0Doctor 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
5.5Plebania is a Polish soap opera broadcast from October 5, 2000 to January 27, 2012 on TVP1. The series is about the lives of ordinary people in the fictional Polish village of Tulczyn. The plot revolves around the family, religious, and social issues of the village inhabitants with central roles played by a parish priest, his family and friends, and a wealthy business man known for shady dealings. Plebania is the second-longest Polish soap opera.
Plebania
2000
7.9No synopsis available yet.
Tulipan
1987
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
2.6Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, the film tells the partially fictional story of crash and various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the official version of the story and pursues her own independent investigation.
Smolensk
2016
4.8Kasia still lives in the village of Brzozki and fights off her unwanted suitor Staszek. Unexpectedly, her son Marcin returns to Poland and immediately runs into trouble. The boy has an idea for an unusual business. At this time, a crisis breaks out in Warsaw in the Wolanski family, Wolanska publishes a controversial book, her husband and daughter Agnieszka - rebel and run away from home. They first decide to visit Piotr, who today leads a comfortable life with his wife Marlena. Then they set off into the unknown, and this trip will become legendary again.
Mishmash, or Egg Nogg 3
2019
1990s · 9 titles
8.2Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.
Burial of a Potato
1990
6.8Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an awkward spot when she reveals her love for him. An 11-year-old informs the priest that she's his daughter. The army officer is pleased when confronted by a past lover. The drug dealer, taken prisoner, must decide whether or not to trust his wife with his hidden loot. In the wrap-up, the elderly accountant passes judgment on all four men. Stuhr acted in films by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, who had some input here by offering advice to Stuhr on this screenplay.
Love Stories
1997
7.1The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.
Korczak
1990
7.0South Korean Kim lives alone in Warsaw, Poland, where he teaches taekwondo. His wife and daughter live in Berlin, just six hours away by train, but he's been traveling around Europe for 10 years and hesitates to even send a birthday card to his daughter. One day, he finds the bag of a woman, Yola (Eva Gabriluk), who has been pickpocketed, and the two become close. Another chance encounter with a delinquent young man, Mihau (Pavogiu Bourcik), brings them together, and they become an important part of Kim's life. Through Yola, Kim reconnects with lost feelings of love, and the always-flirtatious and unruly Mihau reminds him of his own restless youth...
Taekwondo
1998
4.4A Polish Resistance fighter who survived the Nazi years cannot accept the new Communist power.
The Ring with a Crowned Eagle
1993
6.0When the hot-dog vendor Kaj from the small town of Skælskør in Denmark turns 40, his friends take him on a trip to Poland, to a long party with cheap liquor and emigration eager polish ladies. It will go merrily, but it gets serious for Kaj as he meets a girl who mistakes him for a wealthy Toyota dealer she has exchanged letters with.
The Birthday Trip
1990
NRThe main character of the film is a little boy named Marek, who from an enemy of nature becomes its devoted friend. Before this happens, however, fate plays quite a trick on him. At first, however, nothing foreshadows this. Marek arrives in the forest with a school trip. He quickly separates himself from the rest of the children, after which he gives vent to his hooligan fantasy. He destroys an anthill, cuts a tree with a knife, tries to catch a spider. When he fails, he starts chasing a butterfly. He doesn't know that under this figure hides the prince of white and black magic. Wanting to punish the unruly boy, the sorcerer reduces him to the size of an insect. Mark, reduced to the size of an insect, must learn to live in completely new conditions. This is by no means easy.
Królestwo Zielonej Polany
1994
6.0Panoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at the microcosm of its colourful inhabitants and visitors, Poles and Jews, the high society and the desperately poor.
Two Moons
1993
NRKazimierz Lipecki lives in a small town, with his three children. The mother died during childbirth, the youngest, a four-year-old girl, did not develop normally. When the grandmother, the pillar of home life, is also gone, Kazimierz Lipecki and his two older children, thirteen-year-old Łukasz and eleven-year-old Ula, start a desperate fight to defend simple, superior values - mutual love and family bonds.
Ptaszka
1995
1980s · 8 titles
7.1In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials interrogate, torture and humiliate her, she fights for survival and to maintain her innocence by refusing to sign a false confession. As her years of imprisonment pass, her relationship with her captors grows more complicated.
Interrogation
1989
7.3Following the emotions associated with entrance examinations to the faculty of pedagogy, Catherine Solska returns to his native village. And here she will surprise - the family without their knowledge to begin preparations for engagement with a rich neighbor Kolasa. Girl falls into despair, tries to oppose the decision of the parents, but is closed in his room. On visits to her fiance and flees out the window calling mail to the university. Receives misleading information and is convinced that was not accepted to college. Resigned returns home and agrees to the wedding. Meanwhile, on the eve of the wedding the postman brings the notice of acceptance to the university.
Egg Nogg
1988
7.0Kasia and Pawel, having got married, live in the village of Brzozki, 10 kilometres from Grabow. Kasia wants to return to her pedagogical studies, so she does not want to have children yet. Pawel announces that he wants to break away from the traditional village farm and focus on specialised sheep breeding, which causes a family argument. Kasia's parents anxiously await the birth of their grandchildren. Things get even more complicated when the Wolanskis arrive in Grabow. They offer to help Kasia go back to university, but in return Kasia has to look after little Piotr as the docent is leaving for London where he has received a month-long study grant.
Topsy Turvy, or Egg Nogg 2
1989
8.0Warsaw, September 1944. On the eastern bank of the Vistula, a group of civilians live in a house cut off from the fighting across the river. Tadeusz, a young poet who has lost both legs, struggles with his helplessness as the Warsaw Uprising continues. His younger brother Witek dreams of crossing the river to join the fight, while Tadeusz grows closer to Katarzyna. As soldiers, refugees and resistance fighters pass through the house, its inhabitants confront the devastation of war and the uncertain future of a country caught between two worlds.
The Day of the Vistula
1980
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Fik-Mik
1988
7.5An adaptation of B. Prus's novella. The story takes place at the end of the 19th century, in a manor house falling into ruin. The protagonists are children: the steward's son, the countess's daughter, and a peasant child. The 1970s. The story of a twelve-year-old boy, Kazio, who is unruly but has a good heart. He stands up for the weak and oppressed and experiences romantic love for Countess Loni. However, this love forces him to reject friendship. Kazio is deeply affected by this and falls seriously ill.
Childhood Sins
1980
Tomasz, an old peasant, tries to find himself in the new reality after the First World War.
Pożegnanie cesarzy
1988
A film from the "Silhouettes of Polish Literature" series
"Ty pójdziesz górą..." (Eliza Orzeszkowa)
1980
1970s · 9 titles
7.3An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime.
Złote koło
1971
NRMatylda reflects on her life on her 30th birthday.
Matylda's Birthday
1975
9.0University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.
Album polski
1970
6.1A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences.
Abel, Your Brother
1970
9.0Following a successful robbery on Christmas Eve, two thieves go hiding into a children's home, where every child is expecting Santa Claus to come soon.
Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany
1974
On August 1, 1944, Warsaw holds its breath as Home Army couriers spread word that “W-hour” is at 17:00. A platoon under “Czarny” must assault German barracks without the expected backup—an order they follow at the risk of collective suicide.
Godzina W
1979
7.0After getting a university degree, Marek Grzyb comes back to his village and does his best to convince the people to modernize.
Promotion
1975
The subject of the film is the problem of the migration of young people from the countryside to the cities in search of an easier life. The meeting of the whole family - whose paths have diverged a long time ago - with the sick father and a long conversation with him determine the final decision of the film's protagonist, Janek: he will return to where he comes from, to the countryside, to his fatherland.
Trochę nadziei
1972
7.0A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed.
Nowy
1970
1960s · 11 titles
9.01944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.
Rok pierwszy
1960
7.5A pleasant, open-faced young man comes to live in a boarding house with three peculiar women.
The Lodger
1967
9.0The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there.
Interrupted Flight
1964
7.0After the death of his wife, Marcin stays alone with his growing son on the farm.
My Second Marriage
1964
6.7A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.
Rendes-Vous with a Spy
1964
An average notary finds a small fortune of coins hidden in his fireplace alongside a manuscript dating back 100 years.
Tysiąc talarów
1960
7.0Retired police captain Siwy recounts to a reporter how he undertook a final, private investigation into the suspicious death of Ewa Salm, known as “Princess.” Though her testimony had secured a conviction, Siwy doubted the man’s guilt and set out to uncover the real killer—risking his own life to see justice done.
The Criminal Who Stole a Crime
1969
10.0The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter.
Miejsce dla jednego
1966
9.0Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a “Polityka” magazine survey, crafted by documentarians Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski.
Trzy kroki po ziemi
1965
6.0After completing a project, a shipbuilder grows restless and travels the country on his motorcycle. He leaves his wife as he engages in a series of drunken escapades.
The Pier
1969
The former owner, a German, shows up on a farm belonging to the Poles settled there.
Nad Odrą
1966
1950s · 4 titles
6.0A journalist investigates a mysterious murder in the countryside.
Farewell to the Devil
1957
4.7Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.
Nikodem Dyzma
1956
7.0Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.
Trzy starty
1955
5.0The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation.
Three Stories
1953
Series credits
7.7A group of teenagers go on a school camp in the Blue Mountains in Australia. While at the camp, Paul Reynolds accidentally goes into a parallel universe. This other world is inhabited by a more hierarchic and technologically different society, ruled by a group of people known as Spellbinders.
Spellbinder
1995
7.3The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
1980
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Miodowe lata
1998
9.0Doctor 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
5.5Plebania is a Polish soap opera broadcast from October 5, 2000 to January 27, 2012 on TVP1. The series is about the lives of ordinary people in the fictional Polish village of Tulczyn. The plot revolves around the family, religious, and social issues of the village inhabitants with central roles played by a parish priest, his family and friends, and a wealthy business man known for shady dealings. Plebania is the second-longest Polish soap opera.
Plebania
2000
7.9No synopsis available yet.
Tulipan
1987
8.0Seventh-grade students are just starting their studies in a newly opened school in a small town in the Recovered Territories, right after the end of the war. The difficult process of assimilation of the settlers who came to Lower Silesia in 1946, the echoes of the war: the subversive actions of Werwolf, the actions of the looters - constitute the background for the adventures taking place in the foreground.
Gruby
1973


