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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.

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1998Died25 February 19981997Polish SchoolFilm1996Award of the Capital City of WarsawAward1986InvitationFilm, 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 1907

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Awards

Award of the Capital City of Warsaw1996
Work Flag Order, 1st class1949
Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta1949
Bronze Medal of Merit for National Defence
Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland
Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Ludwik Waryński Medal

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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

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