Irena Karel

Acting

Irena Karel

Born

1943-08-10 (83)

Place of birth

Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

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

Plebania poster
5.5

Plebania 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

Colonel Wolodyjowski poster
7.0

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.

Colonel Wolodyjowski

1969

Teddy Bear poster
7.8

En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.

Teddy Bear

1981

Rose poster
7.1

This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against plundering Poles who found themselves in desperate straits. Help arrives for Rose in the form of Tadeusz, a former officer in the Polish Home Army who deserted after he saw his wife raped and murdered by Russian troops and is attempting to hide his identity.

Rose

2012

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

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

1980s · 4 titles

1970s · 16 titles

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

Signals: A Space Adventure poster
5.2

In the middle of the next century, a spaceship loses its bearings, and the commander of another space crew, seemingly on a routine check flight, decides to investigate. The result is an unusual suspense adventure.

Signals: A Space Adventure

1970

Convicted poster
6.3

A man is tried in court for failing to help his brother to avoid suicide.

Convicted

1976

Language of Love poster
4.0

An Egyptian man falls in love with a Polish woman and gets a scholarship to be with her. Meanwhile, an American student decides to seduce him for revenge.

Language of Love

1974

The Shadow-Line poster
6.4

Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent spirit of the previous captain, the young man must cope with their superstition as well as the conspicuous absence of much-needed medicine.

The Shadow-Line

1976

November Day poster
NR

Karol lives alone in the forester's lodge. Unexpectedly, he is visited by his mother whom he has not seen for years.

November Day

1971

Lesson of a Dead Language poster
6.7

An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.

Lesson of a Dead Language

1979

Big Deal poster
6.8

Pawlak and Kargul - neighbors, frenemies, and grandfathers to Ania- both receive invitation to America from Pawlak's brother- John. All three of them travel to Chicago, where they discover John has passed away, and they arrived just in time for his funeral. But first- they need to find his illegitimate daughter. Set in late 70's story of two, charming, Polish villagers' adventures in Chicago is a third installment of Pawlak and Kargul adventures.

Big Deal

1977

Dulscy poster
6.0

Set at the end of the XIX-th century. Madame Dulska is the sole and absolute ruler of her house in Cracow. She is ruthless, greedy and oversensitive of the reputation of her family. To protect his son from temptations she overlooks the affair he is having with the maid. Young Dulski first wants to marry the girl, but then yields to his mother demands and turns his interest to a cousin. Everything returns to normal: his father has his habitaul visits to a brothel, his son to a cabaret and Madame Dulska safeguards her reign.

Dulscy

1976

Motodrama poster
7.6

An unassuming post office clerk finds fame and success as a motorcycle racer.

Motodrama

1971

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Justyna

1979

No artwork available
10.0

Psychological drama: a teacher's internal moral conflict, who wins the students' sympathy and respect by devising a heroic war life story.

Pejzaż z bohaterem

1971

Wezwanie poster
7.0

A family drama set in a Polish village - a woman recounts her life after her husband's death, focusing on the differences between her two sons and the tragedy that befalls one of them.

Wezwanie

1971

Hour After Hour poster
8.0

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

Hour After Hour

1974

Nowy poster
7.0

A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed.

Nowy

1970

No artwork available
NR

A young sea rescuer tries to find his place in the difficult world of his work.

In Any Weather

1970

1960s · 12 titles

Colonel Wolodyjowski poster
7.0

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.

Colonel Wolodyjowski

1969

Rzeczpospolita babska poster
5.9

After the end of World War 2 a division of female soldiers settles down at Recovered Territories and make an oath to never enter into relationships with men, which may prove difficult, because male soldiers have also made their home nearby.

Rzeczpospolita babska

1969

Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy poster
7.0

Pilot Stefan Janotta recalls the war and the years following, when he helped rebuilding Polish Airlines.

Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy

1967

Wolves' Echoes poster
7.4

A lonely Border Guard officer, with a girl and a former villain, has to face a local corrupt Militia commandant and his people in wild Bieszczady Mountains in the Polish East.

Wolves' Echoes

1968

No artwork available
NR

The second of six episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 2 and 4.

More Than Life At Stake Part Two

1969

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

Penguin poster
6.3

A shy Warsaw university student is in love with a girl who pays no attention to him. Change comes after her intimate love letters are read publicly at a party.

Penguin

1965

When Love Was a Crime poster
10.0

A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler’s “racial purity” law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany.

When Love Was a Crime

1968

Stajnia na Salvatorze poster
9.0

WWII. Zyga, one of the Resistance soldiers in Kraków is arrested by Gestapo. Soon later the Germans make a number of other arrests and Zyga is accused of being an informer.

Stajnia na Salvatorze

1967

Ostatni po Bogu poster
8.0

Tensions rise between a crew of a submarine when an accident causes it to settle at the bottom of the sea.

Ostatni po Bogu

1968

Mistrz tańca poster
5.7

A mysterious man takes a writer back to the 19th century, where they meet Death.

Mistrz tańca

1969

Bicz Boży poster
6.8

A young boy sends anonymous threats to various troublemakers around town, hoping that they will report themeselves to the police and grant his older brother, a militia officer a transfer to Warsaw.

Bicz Boży

1967

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