Krystyna Janda Movies

Mephisto

78/100

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and ... See full summary »

Man of Marble

79/100

In 1976, a young woman in Krakow is making her diploma film, looking behind the scenes at the life of a 1950s bricklayer...

Man of Iron

75/100

A worker becomes a "man of iron" forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love, a reporter searches for courage, and a nation undergoes historic change. ... See full summary »

Verhör einer Frau

81/100

Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.

The Reverse

71/100

A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty. Clearly, she lacks a man in her life. Her mother ... See full summary »

Der Kalmus

65/100

In small-town Poland in the late 1950s, an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor meets a young man who makes her feel young again. Framed around this story, lead actress Krystyna Janda discusses the death of her husband from cancer.

Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease

72/100

A cynical doctor, who is dying of cancer, would like to know the meaning of his life. He has to fight for it or just get ready for death.

O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization

72/100

Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People ... See full summary »

The Conductor

71/100

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the U.S., ties up with the world-renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out, he ... See full summary »

Golem

68/100

The film is set in a terrorizing world of the future, where technology commands the movements of individuals, supervised by the doctors, carrying out a program to improve the human race. ... See full summary »

The War of the Worlds: Next Century

70/100

Film opens on December 28, 1999, three days before the dawn of the new century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed. Shortly after that his program loses ... See full summary »

Zólty szalik

75/100

The Spring to Come

46/100

Weiser

63/100

Pawel Heller returns to his hometown after many years, to try to unravel the mystery of disappearance of his schoolmate.

Laputa

72/100

Unkenrufe

57/100

In a new political situation of 1989, just as communism crumbles and the Berlin Wall collapses, a middle-aged Polish woman and German man need to face their memories, feelings and stereotypes while meeting in Gdansk.

Kochankowie mojej mamy

70/100

Rafal takes care of his dysfunctional carefree mother who is more interested in men, pills and alcohol than in the problems of her young yet very mature son.

A Few People, a Little Time

69/100

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.

Pestka

66/100

Matka swojej matki

66/100

Stan posiadania

71/100

Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother...

Panie Dulskie

54/100

Der grüne Vogel

72/100

Auf einem Arztekongress in Wien lerne sie sich kennen: Renate, eine junge deutsche Aerztin und Jan, ein Kollege aus Warschau...

In der Schwebe

68/100

Marcel is a Polish resistance fighter sentenced to death by communist authorities. When he escapes from prison, the only person he can stay at is Anna, his wartime lover.

Kuchnia polska

65/100