Maria Dębska Wins Best Actress for “Autumn Girl” at the 46th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia!

The Main Competition Jury honoured Maria’s performance – her Kalina is not only sex, but also strength, freedom, charisma, independence and rebellion! “Autumn Girl” comes to cinemas in November!

What is the film about?

Warsaw, the 1960s. Millions of Poles sit down in front of their black-and-white TV sets. And suddenly someone catches their eye.

It is Kalina Jędrusik (Maria Dębska) – a phenomenal actress and singer who brings colour to a drab reality. She tempts with charm
and sex appeal. She electrifies the gentlemen and outrages the ladies. Meet the first sex bomb of communist Poland, known as the Polish Marilyn Monroe.

Kalina refuses to fit the era’s model of womanhood. She lives by her own rules, which does not always please a prudish society
and some influential people in power. Numerous scandals, life
in a love triangle with her husband Stanisław Dygat (Leszek Lichota)
and Lucek (Krzysztof Zalewski), controversial statements and outfits oozing sex appeal also earn Kalina the title of communist Poland’s scandal queen. And yet the biggest scandal of her life is only about to begin…

“Autumn Girl” is an important chapter in the life of Kalina Jędrusik, who can safely be called the greatest icon of Polish pop culture. It is the story of the highs and lows of her dizzying career. The events of Jędrusik’s life unfold amid the wild revelry of the era’s social elite.

On screen we will also see other colourful figures of Polish culture: Kazimierz Kutz (Borys Szyc), Tadeusz Konwicki (Paweł Tomaszewski) and the creators of Kabaret Starszych Panów – Jeremi Przybora (Rafał Rutkowski) and Jerzy Wasowski (Dariusz Basiński).

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“Autumn Girl”

Cast: Maria Dębska, Leszek Lichota, Krzysztof Zalewski, Bartłomiej Kotschedoff, Borys Szyc, Katarzyna Obidzińska, Katia Paliwoda, Paweł Tomaszewski, Rafał Rutkowski, Dariusz Basiński

Directed by: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz

Screenplay: Patrycja Mnich, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz

Production: RE Studio, Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś, Maria Gołoś

Co-producers: Telewizja Polska, NEXT FILM, Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy, Chimney Poland, DI Factory, Aeroplan Studios

Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute

Executive producer: Ewa Jastrzębska

Cinematography: Weronika Bilska

Production design: Wojciech Żogała

Costume design: Anna Imiela-Szcześniak

Make-up: Ewa Kowalewska, Janusz Kaleja

Casting: Marta Kownacka

Sound: Robert Czyżewicz, Maciej Pawłowski