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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-04-05

Place of Birth

Częstochowa, śląskie, Polska

Elżbieta Kępińska

Known for

On The Set

On The Set

Reportage from the set of the film "Everything for Sale", focusing on the director - Andrzej Wajda. At one stage of the filming, Wajda planned to include all the documentary material shot by Ziarnik in his film. Ultimately, however, he changed the concept.

Na noże

Na noże

Wielki podryw

Wielki podryw

A film consisting of two short stories. The protagonist of the first one is a polytechnic graduate who works in a factory. The second short story is about a shy boy who doesn't have a girlfriend.

The Lost Bridge

The Lost Bridge

Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.

Everything for Sale

Everything for Sale

Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.

A Few People, a Little Time

A Few People, a Little Time

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.

Moralność Pani Dulskiej

Moralność Pani Dulskiej

A seemingly exemplary housewife and mother, she cares about the family's good image. In reality, she is hypocritical and ruthless, tolerating wickedness and covering up scandals in the name of "higher values." Zapolska exposes bourgeois hypocrisy and ridicules so-called decent people.

Niedziela pewnego małżeństwa w mieście przemysłowym średniej wielkości

Niedziela pewnego małżeństwa w mieście przemysłowym średniej wielkości

The Milewskis are a middle-aged couple. Witold and Magda, both occupied with careers in managerial positions, create a solid, well-matched relationship. They have no children - this is Magda's decision, who preferred to pursue a career rather than take care of diapers. However, little remains of the bond they had at the beginning. Each Sunday, each of them cheats on their partner, and they both know nothing about it. Everything changes when Witold's younger brother Franek, a handsome geologist, shows up at their place.

Silent Night

Silent Night

Adam unexpectedly visits his family house at Christmas after a few years of working abroad. No family member knows about his secret plans and the real reasons of his visit.

Zobaczymy się w niedzielę

Zobaczymy się w niedzielę

Two soldiers spend their free Sunday in Wrocław.

Samson

Samson

A young Jewish man from Warsaw is imprisoned after an antisemitic incident at his university. He is released when the Second World War breaks out and manages to escape from the ghetto. However, he chooses to leave his hiding place and fight, determined to share the fate of those threatened by the Holocaust. The protagonist is compared to the biblical Samson, who sacrificed his own life.

Dziś w nocy umrze miasto

Dziś w nocy umrze miasto

An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945.

No More Divorces

No More Divorces

Three short segments about love, all set in Warsaw’s Civil Registry Office at the corner of Nowy Świat and Aleje Jerozolimskie, against a vivid backdrop of early 1960s city life.

O rany, nic się nie stało!!!

O rany, nic się nie stało!!!

Roberto is a young Cuban who is visiting Poland. And times are not merry - the Cuban conflict is about to begin. His stay is not successful, so Roberto returns to his country.

Daze

Daze

An actor is married to a dancer whose drug addiction drives them to desperation when World War II breaks out.