Historical FigureFemale
Wanda Jakubowska
1907 – 1998
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryWanda Jakubowska was a Polish film director. Although she directed as many as 15 films over 50 years, Jakubowska is best known for her work on the Holocaust. Her 1948 film The Last Stage was an early and influential depiction of concentration camps. It was filmed on location at Auschwitz, where Jakubowska had been interned.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 10, 1907
Warsaw
Date of death
February 25, 1998
Warsaw
Citizenship
Poland · Second Polish Republic · Congress Poland
Occupations & fields
film directorscreenwriteruniversity teacherfilm screenwriterpedagoguedirector
Awards & honours
Bronze Medal of Merit for National DefenceMedal of the 40th Anniversary of People's PolandWork Flag Order, 1st classOfficer of the Order of Polonia RestitutaCommander with Star of the Order of Polonia RestitutaLudwik Waryński Medal
Notable works
The Last Stage
- Field and occupation
- Polská filmová režisérka, scenáristka, pedagožka (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera w Łodzi).
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Fictional Character
daughter of Krakus, legendary founder of Kraków; upon her father's death, she became queen of the Poles, but committed suicide to avoid an unwanted marriage to a German
