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Krystyna Janda has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by On the Silver Globe.
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A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.
Dir. Andrzej Żuławski · With Andrzej Seweryn, Michał Bajor, Jerzy Trela
Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz
Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.
Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Łukaszewicz

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
Dir. István Szabó · With Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági

A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.
Dir. Maciej Kawulski · With Tomasz Włosok, Aleks Kurdzielewicz, Antoni Królikowski
A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.
Dir. Małgorzata Szumowska · With Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier, Joanna Kulig
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