Wanda Jakubowska
Polish film director (1907-1998) · Poland · On the map · Directors · Died at 90
Wanda Jakubowska was a Polish film director. Although she directed as many as 15 films over 50 years, Jakubowska is best known for her work on the Holocaust. Her 1948 film The Last Stage was an early and influential depiction of concentration camps.
Wanda Jakubowska is read about 38 times a day, in 16 languages.
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1998Died25 February 19981997Polish SchoolFilm1996Award of the Capital City of WarsawAward1986
InvitationFilm, Director, Writer1979
The White MazurkaFilm, Director, Writer1972
150km Per HourFilm, Director1965
The Hot LineFilm, Director1964
The End of Our WorldFilm, Director, Writer1961
It Started YesterdayFilm, Director1958
Król Maciuś IFilm, Director, Writer1957
Farewell to the DevilFilm, Director, Writer1955
Atlantic StoryFilm, Director1953
Soldier of VictoryFilm, Director, Writer1949Officer of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAwardWork Flag Order, 1st classAward1948
The Last StageFilm, Director, Writer1946
We Are Building New VillagesFilm, Director, Writer1933
The SeaFilm, Director1907Born10 October 1907
InvitationFilm, Director, Writer1979The White MazurkaFilm, Director, Writer1972150km Per HourFilm, Director1965The Hot LineFilm, Director1964The End of Our WorldFilm, Director, Writer1961It Started YesterdayFilm, Director1958Król Maciuś IFilm, Director, Writer1957Farewell to the DevilFilm, Director, Writer1955Atlantic StoryFilm, Director1953Soldier of VictoryFilm, Director, Writer1949Officer of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAwardWork Flag Order, 1st classAward1948The Last StageFilm, Director, Writer1946We Are Building New VillagesFilm, Director, Writer1933The SeaFilm, Director1907Born10 October 1907People around Wanda
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Andrzej Kopiczyński Also in The End of Our World and The Hot Line
Kazimierz Fabisiak Also in Farewell to the Devil (1957)
Jan Koecher Also in Król Maciuś I and It Started Yesterday
Tadeusz Hołuj Wanda directed Koniec naszego swiata (1964)
Jerzy Przybylski Wanda directed Goraca linia (1965)
Mieczysław Stoor Also in Atlantic Story and Farewell to the Devil
Maria Kaniewska Also in The Last Stage and Meetings In The Dark
Zofia Mrozowska Wanda directed The Last Stage (1948)
Aleksandra Śląska Wanda directed The Last Stage (1948)
Marta Lipińska Wanda directed Goraca linia (1965)
Tadeusz Kalinowski Wanda directed Goraca linia (1965)
Juliusz Wyrzykowski Wanda directed Krol Macius I (1958)
Damian Damięcki Wanda directed Opowiesc atlantycka (1955)
Joanna Szczerbic Wanda directed Goraca linia (1965)
Igor Śmiałowski Wanda directed The Last Stage (1948)
Ignacy Gogolewski Also in Farewell to the Devil and Król Maciuś I
Bolesław Płotnicki Wanda directed Goraca linia (1965)- Mieczysław Pawlikowski Also in Meetings In The Dark (1960)
- Tadeusz Bartosik Wanda directed The Last Stage (1948)
Andrzej Precigs Also in 150km Per Hour and The White Mazurka
Henryk Borowski Also in Farewell to the Devil and Król Maciuś I
Stanisław Gronkowski Also in Meetings In The Dark (1960)
Barbara Drapińska Also in The Last Stage and Soldier of Victory
Tadeusz Białoszczyński Also in Farewell to the Devil and Król Maciuś I
Filmography 17
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Awards
About this person
It was filmed on location at Auschwitz, where Jakubowska had been interned.
Country
Poland
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1998 · aged 90
