Anna Próchniak
Also Known As: 안나 프루흐니아크, آنا پروچنیاک
Biography: Anna Próchniak (born 22 December 1988) is a Polish actress who initially trained as a dancer until deciding to switch to acting, graduating from the National Film School in Łódź. Próchniak's first major international film role was in The Innocents (Sundance Film Festival 2016) directed by Anne Fontaine. Her credits include Polish Warsaw 44 (2014), Northern Irish Bad Day for the Cut (Sundance Film Festival 2017), Latvian Oleg (Directors’ Fortnight section of the Festival de Cannes 2019) and Baptiste for BBC One (2019). Anna is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA). Source: Article "Anna Próchniak" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland
Birthday: December 22, 1988
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Gender: Female
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Lasting
Overview: Lasting is an emotional love story about Michał and Karina, a pair of Polish students who meet and fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare brutally breaks into their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2013-01-08
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Shameless
Overview: In an incendiary story of love, desire, and betrayal between siblings, the rebellious young Tadek returns to his half-sister Anka’s home in search of solace and affection. Bound together by a painful shared family history, brother and sister must find a way to break free in order to survive. This formidable debut fearlessly yet tenderly explores one of society’s last taboos.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2012-07-20
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Unmoored
Overview: A Swedish TV presenter's well-ordered life unravels when she finally confronts her domineering husband about an accusation against him. Her subsequent flight precipitates a chain of lies and paranoia in this taut psychological suspense drama.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-12-13
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Heart Parade
Overview: A careerist from Warsaw, who does not like dogs, has to go to Kraków for professional reasons, where she meets a charming widower, his son and their four-legged pet.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2022-06-15
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Negatyw
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2022-06-17
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Kojot
Overview: To impress his beloved, Adam forms a punk rock band.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Warsaw 44
Overview: City of Warsaw, Poland, August 1st, 1944. Citizens have experienced inhuman acts of terror and violence during five long years of Nazi occupation. As the Soviet Army relentlessly approaches, the youngest and bravest among them rise up as one and face tyranny fighting street by street, but the price to pay will be high and hard the way to freedom…
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2014-07-30
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The Only Way
Overview: An absurd comedy inspired by George Perec’s novel “A Man Asleep” and “Bartleby, the Scrivener”, a short story by Herman Melville. Adam, a young man living with his mother, hasn’t left his apartment in years. After his mother’s death, Adam’s own life is being turned upside down. Since he’s not able to function properly without motherly concern and service, Adam decides to take his friend’s, the postman’s, advice and rent out his mother’s old room to a girl, who’ll take care of him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2014-10-26
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The Innocents
Overview: Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-02-10
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Pojedynek
Overview: The year is 1939. The world is falling into chaos. Thousands of Poles, held by the Russians in a former monastery, are subjected to brutal indoctrination. An ambitious enemy agent makes it a point of honour to break the resistance of one of them. He is a young, world-famous pianist, respected by his fellow prisoners. His capitulation may result in winning many others over to the enemy's side. An insidious game begins, full of sophisticated manipulation, threats and promises. Can the young artist, a loving father and husband, win a duel with an agent backed by the power and perfidy of the Russian system?
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
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1800 Grams
Overview: A touching story about the most important human matters: love, loneliness, sacrifice and courage, around the life of Ewa, a woman who works looking for families for orphaned children.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2019-11-15
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Bad Day for the Cut
Overview: A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-20
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Breaking the Limits
Overview: Based on true events. In 1980s Poland, Jerzy Górski is a young man who finds the determination to struggle against his drug addiction through athletic training, with the aim of competing in the US Ironman Triathlon.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2017-11-17
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Vultures
Overview: In an attempt to fix his financial problems, Erik recruits his brother, Atli, to help him import a shipment of cocaine into Iceland. Erik thinks he's got things all figured out, until the young Polish “mule” they've hired is unable to pass the drugs through her system.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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Oleg
Overview: Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the yoke of Andrzej, a Polish criminal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 2019-10-04
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Bodo
Overview: The story of Eugeniusz Bodo, a famous Polish actor and singer, who was at the peak of his career in 1930s.
Genres: History Music Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2017-03-03
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The Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz
Overview: Filmed in Melbourne, Slovakia, and Poland, this poignant and intimate one-off documentary will follow Gary Sokolov, the only son of Gita and Lali Sokolov (one of the real-life tattooists of Auschwitz). Their incredible love story began when they met and fell in love as Slovakian Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, where the Nazi regime systematically murdered over a million Jews. The film will chart Gary’s first visit to this most notorious German death camp.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-27
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Making 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Overview: Cast and crew discuss the making of Sky Studios' The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-02
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