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Aktorka

A documentary about Elzbieta Czyzewska, one of Poland's greatest actresses, a beauty icon of the 1960s, who died in 2010. She had a great career in Poland, but the filmmakers focus more on her attempts to make a name for herself as an actress in America, after her sudden emigration to the United States with her husband, American journalist David Halberstam. Friends and acquaintances of Elzbieta Czyzewska speak without embellishment about her failed marriage, her battle with alcoholism won after years, and her attempts to return to Poland. This is a story about the fate of the actress at different stages of her career: at the top, at the bottom and in between.

Top Cast

  • David Margulies

    David Margulies

    Self

  • Andrzej Wajda

    Andrzej Wajda

    Self

  • Annette Insdorf

    Annette Insdorf

    Self

  • Małgorzata Potocka

    Małgorzata Potocka

    Self

  • Michał Kott

    Michał Kott

    Self

  • Beata Tyszkiewicz

    Beata Tyszkiewicz

    Self

  • Robert Brustein

    Robert Brustein

    Self

  • Liliana Komorowska

    Liliana Komorowska

    Self

  • Daniel Olbrychski

    Daniel Olbrychski

    Self

Overview

A documentary about Elzbieta Czyzewska, one of Poland's greatest actresses, a beauty icon of the 1960s, who died in 2010. She had a great career in Poland, but the filmmakers focus more on her attempts to make a name for herself as an actress in America, after her sudden emigration to the United States with her husband, American journalist David Halberstam. Friends and acquaintances of Elzbieta Czyzewska speak without embellishment about her failed marriage, her battle with alcoholism won after years, and her attempts to return to Poland. This is a story about the fate of the actress at different stages of her career: at the top, at the bottom and in between.

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