Barbara Lass

Born: 1940-06-01

Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass was a Polish stage and screen actress. Although she received ballet and dance education, she eventually took up an acting career. After her debut role in Tadeusz Chmielewski's comedy "Ewa chce spać" (1957) she gained wider popularity in Poland. In 1959 she left Poland for the West and soon starred in a few major films like "La millième fenêtre" ,with Jean-Louis Trintignant, and "Che gioia vivere", starring Alain Delon. She married film director Roman Polanski in 1959; they divorced in 1962.


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Rosa Luxemburg

as Rosas Mutter
Released: 1986-04-10

Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in...

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Effi Briest

as Köchin
Released: 1974-06-20

When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small,...

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Love at Twenty

as Basia (segment "Warszawa")
Released: 1962-06-22

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different...

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Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory

as Priscilla
Released: 1961-11-09

The new science teacher Dr. Julian Olcott with a mysterious past arrives in an institutional...

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Bad Luck

as Jola
Released: 1960-04-04

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life,...

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When Angels Fall

as uncredited
Released: 1959-12-31

The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day...

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Ewa Wants to Sleep

as Ewa Bonecka
Released: 1958-03-17

Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place...

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Rififi in Tokyo

as Françoise Merigne
Released: 1963-03-29

Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very...

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Vice and Virtue

as Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: 1963-03-01

1944 : Occupied France. Juliette (Vice) is Wehrmacht General Bamberg's mistress and enjoys a...

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Serenade for Two Spies

as Tamara
Released: 1965-08-18

An international gang of gun dealers in the USA has stolen the prototype of a laser rifle from a...

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Two Men and a Wardrobe

as uncredited
Released: 1958-04-22

A short Polish black and white silent movie directed by Roman Polański. The film features two...

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The Joy of Living

as Franca Fossati
Released: 1961-05-11

Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. He drops...

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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2012-10-09

An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest,...

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Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli

as Dagmar
Released: 1970-01-01

A former U-boat commander becomes a pastor to ease the suffering of young Hamburg women in trouble.

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Jowita

as Agnieszka 'Jowita' (as Barbara Kwiatkowska)
Released: 1967-09-29

Marek is a promising athlete having his share of affairs with women. One day at masquerade ball...

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The Thousandth Window

as Ania
Released: 1960-05-27

An old man against the public housing project.

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Hauser's Memory

as Angelika
Released: 1970-11-24

A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying...

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Spóźnieni przechodnie

as Herself (segment 5)
Released: 1962-09-03

Five short stories.

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How It's Done

as Holiday-Maker
Released: 1973-01-01

Two guys came to Zakopane to write screenplay and make movie. They are complete amateurs and...

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Ostrożnie yeti

as Bride (uncredited)
Released: 1961-01-20

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Cracow by Polanski

as uncredited
Released: 2010-06-28

Roman Polanski lived in Cracow/Krakow during 1936-1955 - almost 20 years of his life. These...

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Pan Anatol szuka miliona

as Iwona Słowikowska (as Barbara Kwiatkowska)
Released: 1959-03-09

Mister Anatol investigates a gang of thieves looking after a young woman who has just won a lottery.

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Sting in the Flesh

as Ines
Released: 1981-05-01

Ines and Hans try to save their crumbling marriage with a vacation trip. With three children,...

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