Karolina Gruszka

Karolina Gruszka (born 13 July 1980) is a Polish actress. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1996. She was nominated for an award as Best Actress for her role in Kochankowie z Marony at the 2007 Polish Film Awards. In 2019, she appeared in the Icelandic movie Gullregn (English: Goldrain), directed by Ragnar Bragason. Although she previously did not know the language, she had to perform all her lines in Icelandic

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Inland Empire (2006)

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An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Laura Dern  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Justin Theroux  •  Harry Dean Stanton

An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Laura Dern  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Justin Theroux  •  Harry Dean Stanton

The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003)

In IX century Europe, on the brink of Poland's birth, a cruel prince, Popiel, murders his cousins to ensure his son's succession. His crimes lead to an uprising of his subjects lead by the former commander of Popiel's army, Piastun, and a young hunter and warrior, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Hoffman
CAST:  Michał Żebrowski  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Marina Aleksandrova  •  Bohdan Stupka

In IX century Europe, on the brink of Poland's birth, a cruel prince, Popiel, murders his cousins to ensure his son's succession. His crimes lead to an uprising of his subjects lead by the former commander of Popiel's army, Piastun, and a young hunter and warrior, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Hoffman
CAST:  Michał Żebrowski  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Marina Aleksandrova  •  Bohdan Stupka

Oxygen (2009)

Two people play out a story of love and desperation that's enacted through music in this drama from writer and director Ivan Vyrypaev. Sasha (Alexei Filimonov) is a man in his twenties who lives in the small town of Serpukhov and has fallen in love with a woman who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Vyrypaev
CAST:  Aleksey Filimonov  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Varvara Voetskova  •  Egor Kapustin

Two people play out a story of love and desperation that's enacted through music in this drama from writer and director Ivan Vyrypaev. Sasha (Alexei Filimonov) is a man in his twenties who lives in the small town of Serpukhov and has fallen in love with a woman who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Vyrypaev
CAST:  Aleksey Filimonov  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Varvara Voetskova  •  Egor Kapustin

Przedwiośnie (2001)

Polish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Filip Bajon
CAST:  Mateusz Damięcki  •  Krystyna Janda  •  Janusz Gajos  •  Daniel Olbrychski

Polish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Filip Bajon
CAST:  Mateusz Damięcki  •  Krystyna Janda  •  Janusz Gajos  •  Daniel Olbrychski

Viva Belarus! (2013)

Belarus has been under dictatorship of Lukashenko for 15 years. Miron (23) is not interested in politics. However, the next concert of his 'apolitical' rock band triggers off an anti-regime manifestation. Miron, is enlisted for the army for 15 months by way of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
CAST:  Dzmitry Vinsent Papko  •  Anatolij Kot  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Aliaksandr Malchanau

Belarus has been under dictatorship of Lukashenko for 15 years. Miron (23) is not interested in politics. However, the next concert of his 'apolitical' rock band triggers off an anti-regime manifestation. Miron, is enlisted for the army for 15 months by way of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
CAST:  Dzmitry Vinsent Papko  •  Anatolij Kot  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Aliaksandr Malchanau

In August of 1944 (2001)

The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Ptashuk
CAST:  Evgeny Mironov  •  Vladislav Galkin  •  Aleksey Petrenko  •  Yuri Kolokolnikov

The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikhail Ptashuk
CAST:  Evgeny Mironov  •  Vladislav Galkin  •  Aleksey Petrenko  •  Yuri Kolokolnikov

Mystification (2010)

Lazowski, an expelled university student, investigates the supposed suicide of the famous artist Witkacy and tries to prove that the artist is in fact still alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacek Koprowicz
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Maciej Stuhr  •  Ewa Błaszczyk  •  Karolina Gruszka

Lazowski, an expelled university student, investigates the supposed suicide of the famous artist Witkacy and tries to prove that the artist is in fact still alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacek Koprowicz
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Maciej Stuhr  •  Ewa Błaszczyk  •  Karolina Gruszka

Love in an Underground Passage (2007)

Another film from the TV series "Polish Holidays", this time illustrating a holiday not entirely Polish, but already firmly rooted in the native reality - Valentine's Day. The script for it was written by Jerzy Pilch. For the famous writer, winner of the Nike Award ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Majewski
CAST:  Wojciech Malajkat  •  Joanna Liszowska  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Marta Klubowicz

Another film from the TV series "Polish Holidays", this time illustrating a holiday not entirely Polish, but already firmly rooted in the native reality - Valentine's Day. The script for it was written by Jerzy Pilch. For the famous writer, winner of the Nike Award ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Majewski
CAST:  Wojciech Malajkat  •  Joanna Liszowska  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Marta Klubowicz

The Lovers of Marona (2006)

The movie is based on Iwaszkiewicz's autobiographic story and focuses on main character's (Janek's) close relationship with a woman named Ola and a man named Arek. It takes place in a small village called Marona which is situated by the beautiful lake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izabella Cywińska
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  Łukasz Simlat  •  Krzysztof Zawadzki  •  Danuta Stenka

The movie is based on Iwaszkiewicz's autobiographic story and focuses on main character's (Janek's) close relationship with a woman named Ola and a man named Arek. It takes place in a small village called Marona which is situated by the beautiful lake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izabella Cywińska
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  Łukasz Simlat  •  Krzysztof Zawadzki  •  Danuta Stenka

Russian Riot (2000)

The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Proshkin
CAST:  Mateusz Damięcki  •  Vladimir Mashkov  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Sergei Makovetsky

The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandr Proshkin
CAST:  Mateusz Damięcki  •  Vladimir Mashkov  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Sergei Makovetsky

Keep Away from the Window (2000)

In a small village a couple fails to conceive. One day the man brings home to hide a Jewish woman whose family was murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Jakub Kolski
CAST:  Bartosz Opania  •  Dominika Ostałowska  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Dariusz Toczek

In a small village a couple fails to conceive. One day the man brings home to hide a Jewish woman whose family was murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Jakub Kolski
CAST:  Bartosz Opania  •  Dominika Ostałowska  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Dariusz Toczek

3 Seasons in Hell (2009)

A 19 year old nonconformist poet living in 1947 Czechoslovakia is blind to the Communist behemoth looking over him, and instead lives a bohemian life with sexually liberated girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomáš Mašín
CAST:  Kryštof Hádek  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Martin Huba  •  Jan Kraus

A 19 year old nonconformist poet living in 1947 Czechoslovakia is blind to the Communist behemoth looking over him, and instead lives a bohemian life with sexually liberated girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomáš Mašín
CAST:  Kryštof Hádek  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Martin Huba  •  Jan Kraus

The Witcher (2001)

Adapted from a series of fantasy novels by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher tells the tale of Geralt, one of a few remaining "witchers" — traveling monster hunters for hire, gifted with unnatural powers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Brodzki
CAST:  Michał Żebrowski  •  Zbigniew Zamachowski  •  Maciej Kozłowski  •  Grażyna Wolszczak

Adapted from a series of fantasy novels by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher tells the tale of Geralt, one of a few remaining "witchers" — traveling monster hunters for hire, gifted with unnatural powers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Brodzki
CAST:  Michał Żebrowski  •  Zbigniew Zamachowski  •  Maciej Kozłowski  •  Grażyna Wolszczak

Ivan, Son Of Amir (2013)

A Russian mother flees to Uzbekistan in WWII where she and her children are taken in by a local family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maxim Panfilov
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  Bobur Yuldashev  •  Dmitriy Dyuzhev  •  Andrey Merzlikin

A Russian mother flees to Uzbekistan in WWII where she and her children are taken in by a local family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maxim Panfilov
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  Bobur Yuldashev  •  Dmitriy Dyuzhev  •  Andrey Merzlikin

Marie Curie (2016)

The most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Marie Curie comes with Pierre Curie to Stockholm to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the radioactivity, and 1911, where she receives her second Nobel Prize, after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marie Noëlle
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  Arieh Worthalter  •  Charles Berling  •  Izabela Kuna

The most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Marie Curie comes with Pierre Curie to Stockholm to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the radioactivity, and 1911, where she receives her second Nobel Prize, after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marie Noëlle
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  Arieh Worthalter  •  Charles Berling  •  Izabela Kuna

Pani z przedszkola (2014)

The story about the friendship between two women, family problems and difficult childhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcin Krzyształowicz
CAST:  Adam Woronowicz  •  Agata Kulesza  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Krystyna Janda

The story about the friendship between two women, family problems and difficult childhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcin Krzyształowicz
CAST:  Adam Woronowicz  •  Agata Kulesza  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Krystyna Janda

Delhi Dance (2012)

Based on a play about a female dancer who finds her inspiration in the dirt markets of Delhi  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Vyrypaev
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  Igor Gordin  •  Kseniya Kutepova  •  Arina Marakulina

Based on a play about a female dancer who finds her inspiration in the dirt markets of Delhi  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Vyrypaev
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  Igor Gordin  •  Kseniya Kutepova  •  Arina Marakulina

Trick (2010)

Kidnappers demand six million in ransom, but the United Nations does not negotiate with terrorist. One of the best counterfeiters is serving a lengthy prison term and the agent who arrested him needs his help.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Hryniak
CAST:  Piotr Adamczyk  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Andrzej Chyra  •  Robert Więckiewicz

Kidnappers demand six million in ransom, but the United Nations does not negotiate with terrorist. One of the best counterfeiters is serving a lengthy prison term and the agent who arrested him needs his help.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Hryniak
CAST:  Piotr Adamczyk  •  Karolina Gruszka  •  Andrzej Chyra  •  Robert Więckiewicz

Crush (2009)

Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Khlebnikov  •  Kirill Serebrennikov  •  Pyotr Buslov  •  Aleksey German Jr.  •  Ivan Vyrypaev
CAST:  Ivan Dobronravov  •  Aleksey Filimonov  •  Yulia Peresild  •  Karolina Gruszka

Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Khlebnikov  •  Kirill Serebrennikov  •  Pyotr Buslov  •  Aleksey German Jr.  •  Ivan Vyrypaev
CAST:  Ivan Dobronravov  •  Aleksey Filimonov  •  Yulia Peresild  •  Karolina Gruszka
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