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Maria Kaniewska is a Actor and Assistant Director Polonaise born on 27 may 1911 at Kiev (Ukraine)

Maria Kaniewska

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Nationality Pologne
Birth 27 may 1911 at Kiev (Ukraine)
Death 11 december 2005 (at 94 years) at Warsaw (Pologne)

Maria Kaniewska (27 May 1911 in Kiev - 11 December 2005 in Warsaw) was a Polish actress, screenplay writer, movie director.

She debuted on October 14, 1933 in the Toruń City Theater after graduating from the Acting Department of State Institute of Theatrical Arts in Warsaw. In 1948 Kaniewska finished her study at the National Film School in Łódź as a movie director and was offered a job there as well. In 1960 she received a bronze lion award at the Venice Film Festival.

Usually with

Stanisław Różewicz
Stanisław Różewicz
(2 films)
Jerzy Zarzycki
Jerzy Zarzycki
(2 films)
Czesław Piaskowski
Czesław Piaskowski
(4 films)
Bronisław Pawlik
Bronisław Pawlik
(4 films)
Karol Chodura
Karol Chodura
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Maria Kaniewska (8 films)

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Actress

Husband of His Wife
Husband of His Wife (1961)
, 1h34
Directed by Jakub Goldberg
Genres Comedy
Actors Bronisław Pawlik, Mieczysław Czechowicz, Elżbieta Czyżewska, Jerzy Duszyński, Wiesław Gołas, Jan Koecher
Roles Hotel Janitor
Rating65% 3.278363.278363.278363.278363.27836
The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.
Ewa Wants to Sleep
Ewa Wants to Sleep (1958)
, 1h34
Directed by Tadeusz Chemielewski
Origin Pologne
Genres Comedy
Actors Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass, Stanisław Mikulski, Leonard Pietraszak, Ludwik Benoit, Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Bronisław Pawlik
Roles Helutka
Rating71% 3.5726553.5726553.5726553.5726553.572655
Ewa, une fille candide arrive en ville à la veille de l'année scolaire mais le concierge ne la laisse pas entrer à l'internat. Désespérée, elle essaie toute la nuit, sans succès, de trouver un endroit pour dormir. Elle rencontre sur son chemin des policiers, des voyous, des prostituées, mêlée à des événements surréalistes et quasi fantastiques.
Unvanquished City
Unvanquished City (1950)
, 1h20
Directed by Jerzy Zarzycki
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, War
Actors Jan Kurnakowicz, Zofia Mrozowska, Igor Śmiałowski, Seweryn Butrym, Andrzej Łapicki, Janusz Ziejewski
Roles Woman in a Window (uncredited)
Rating53% 2.6816552.6816552.6816552.6816552.681655
The Last Stage
The Last Stage (1948)
, 1h44
Directed by Wanda Jakubowska
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Aleksandra Śląska, Zofia Mrozowska, Huguette Faget, Alina Janowska, Jadwiga Chojnacka, Maria Kaniewska
Roles Rapportführerin
Rating72% 3.634573.634573.634573.634573.63457
Marta Weiss (Barbara Drapinska), a Polish Jew, arrives by cattle car to the Auschwitz concentration camp. While there she catches the attention of the guards as she is multilingual and is put to work as a translator. When she inquires about the factory at the camp a fellow inmate informs her it is a crematorium and that the rest of her family has likely been murdered.

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