Maria Kaniewska

Maria Kaniewska

Born: May 27, 1911
Died: December 11, 2005
in Kijów, Rosja (obecnie Ukraina)
Maria Kaniewska (27 May 1911 in Kiev - 11 December 2005 in Warsaw) was a Polish actress, screenplay writer, film director. In 1960 she received a bronze lion award at the Venice Film Festival.

Movies for Maria Kaniewska...

Satan from the Seventh Grade
Title: Satan from the Seventh Grade
Character: Priest's Housekeeper
Released: April 7, 2007
Type: Movie
A smart teenager Adam Cisowski is asked by his teacher to help him solve the mysterious case of robbed house doors in his mansion.
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Hacker
Title: Hacker
Character: Żona profesora Brzósko-Suchackiego
Released: September 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Two friends make a bet. One of them - an A student and a computer genius Marcin - under the terms of the dispute must be received five days of complete submission to his clever friend Turbo - and he, in turn, guarantees him the easy money and attention to a long-legged beauty.
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The Deserters
Title: The Deserters
Character: pianistka
Released: September 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.
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What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
Title: What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
Character: Janitor
Released: December 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Tadeusz Krzakoski (Krzysztof Kowalewski), the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
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The Refuge
Title: The Refuge
Character: Kozłowska
Released: September 25, 1978
Type: Movie
In 1946, a former resistance fighter starts working as a forester in a small town in Masuria. The local people don't trust him, robberies are common and his old flame is married to another man.
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The Border
Title: The Border
Character: akuszerka usuwająca ciążę Bogutówny
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
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Wolna sobota
Title: Wolna sobota
Character: Zootechnik
Released: May 28, 1977
Type: Movie
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Zaczarowane podwórko
Title: Zaczarowane podwórko
Character: nie występuje w napisach
Released: May 24, 1974
Type: Movie
A mysterious Mania appears in Warsaw. The girl, together with the other children, experiences amazing adventures.
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Man - Woman Wanted
Title: Man - Woman Wanted
Character: Klientka kupująca cukier
Released: April 22, 1973
Type: Movie
Stanisław Maria Rochowicz, a bumbling art historian, is falsely accused of stealing a painting. The alleged thief faces five years in prison. Desperate, he decides to hide in disguise as a woman until he can paint a copy of the stolen canvas. Lacking means to live, he has to work for some time, of course, as a woman. He gets a job as a domestic helper. However, he has no luck with employers.
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150km Per Hour
Title: 150km Per Hour
Character: klientka
Released: August 4, 1972
Type: Movie
Growing-up village boy Marcin Debik feels bored of existence in his native place and not interested in realizing his father's ideas for living there for ever and making business there. He dreams of living in a big town, making career there and, above all, having foreign automobile, preferably big one and of American make. His determination strengthens after he had accidentally attended some rich society's party for a while. Having finally decided to take his fate in his own hands, he takes leave of his family, his girl and departs for Lublin, the town where his uncle Lukasz runs own photographic studio.
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Kocie ślady
Title: Kocie ślady
Character: właścicielka kota
Released: May 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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Title: Doktor Ewa
Character: Lodzia, sekretarka
Released: February 12, 1971
Type: TV
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Bicz Boży
Title: Bicz Boży
Character: Arcimowiczowa
Released: July 7, 1967
Type: Movie
A young boy sends anonymous threats to various troublemakers around town, hoping that they will report themeselves to the police and grant his older brother, a militia officer a transfer to Warsaw.
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Śmierć w środkowym pokoju
Title: Śmierć w środkowym pokoju
Character: Lipska
Released: January 4, 1967
Type: Movie
The Gestapo searches one of the apartments in Warsaw. It comes to a tragedy.
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Zawsze w niedziele
Title: Zawsze w niedziele
Character: Anna Bobkowa ("Third Sunday")
Released: March 2, 1966
Type: Movie
Three stories centered around sports.
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Pięciu
Title: Pięciu
Character: Gerda Buchtowa
Released: December 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.
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Adam's Two Ribs
Title: Adam's Two Ribs
Character: Mrs. Anastasia
Released: January 24, 1964
Type: Movie
An engineer comes home from abroad to his waiting wife. After some time, his second wife, an Italian one, joins him. For a small town, such a triangle will turn out to be unacceptable, especially since the spouses live peacefully under one roof.
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Mansarda
Title: Mansarda
Character: Poor Woman (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1963
Type: Movie
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
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Birth Certificate
Title: Birth Certificate
Character: Neighbour Borrowing Oil
Released: October 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
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Husband of His Wife
Title: Husband of His Wife
Character: Hotel Janitor
Released: April 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. 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.
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The Knave of Spades
Title: The Knave of Spades
Character: Melania's mother (uncredited)
Released: October 16, 1960
Type: Movie
A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
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Meetings In The Dark
Title: Meetings In The Dark
Character: Hochmeier
Released: May 16, 1960
Type: Movie
A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.
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Bad Luck
Title: Bad Luck
Character: Anastazja Makulec (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1960
Type: Movie
To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.
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Król Maciuś I
Title: Król Maciuś I
Character: Lady-in-waiting (uncredited)
Released: April 8, 1958
Type: Movie
A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results
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Ewa Wants to Sleep
Title: Ewa Wants to Sleep
Character: Helutka
Released: March 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thieves and petty troublemakers.
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Two Hours
Title: Two Hours
Character: Woman at the train station (uncredited)
Released: December 9, 1957
Type: Movie
Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form.
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Spotkania
Title: Spotkania
Character: Stefania (segment 1)
Released: November 18, 1957
Type: Movie
Four stories showing the various facets of love.
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Kapelusz pana Anatola
Title: Kapelusz pana Anatola
Character: Hostess (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1957
Type: Movie
Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.
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Winter Twilight
Title: Winter Twilight
Character: Saleswoman
Released: February 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbour. The hero will not accept the new situation; he throws his son and Zosia out of his house. Celinka is distressed but she still harbours hope for Joziuk. The birth of the child changes the situation: Rumsza accepts his son's relationship but Celinka decides to leave.
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Trzy starty
Title: Trzy starty
Character: Singing Teacher (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.
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The Warsaw Debut
Title: The Warsaw Debut
Character: Moniuszko's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Released: March 4, 1951
Type: Movie
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
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Unvanquished City
Title: Unvanquished City
Character: Woman in a Window (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1950
Type: Movie
Unvanquished City (Polish: Robinson warszawski, Polish: Miasto nieujarzmione) is a 1950 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Zarzycki. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Last Stage
Title: The Last Stage
Character: Rapportführerin
Released: March 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.
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Jasne łany
Title: Jasne łany
Character: Stacha Sarnowa
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.