FrameThrower · Actors · Krystyna Janda
Krystyna Janda
4 films · 356 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1980–1988
Born 18 December 1952 · Starachowice, Poland
Krystyna Jolanta Janda is a Polish film and theatre actress, director, and singer. She is best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). She is widely considered one of the most popular and successful Polish actresses of her generation and an icon of Polish cinema.
In 1981, she played in the Academy Award-winning movie Mephisto. In 1982, she played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film Przesłuchanie (Interrogation), which first premiered seven years later in 1989, following the collapse of communism.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 356 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1980–1988
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress1990
- Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta2011
- Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta2002
- Polish Academy Life Achievement Award2026
- Boy-Żeleński Award2018
- Gustaw Award2017
- Award of the Capital City of Warsaw2011
- Złota Kaczka2007
- Hyacinth Award2007
- Charlemagne Medal for European Media2006
- Golden Medal for Merit to Culture2005
- Zasłużony Działacz Kultury1997
How their films are shot
Measured across 356 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Krystyna takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 76% of their frames are night, 73% low key — the look of the work Krystyna takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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