Krystyna Stypułkowska

Krystyna Stypułkowska-Smith (18 August 1938 – 20 October 2020) was a Polish philologist, translator and actress.[1] She is best known for her performances as Magda / Pelagia in Andrzej Wajda's 1960 psychological romantic drama film Innocent Sorcerers and as Kati Klee in Frank Beyer's Trace of Stones.[2]

Krystyna Stypułkowska
Born18 August 1938
Warsaw, Poland
Died20 October 2020(2020-10-20) (aged 82)
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Citizenship
  • Poland
  • United States
EducationCentro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Occupations
  • Philologist
  • translator
  • actress
Years active1958, 1960–1966

Biography

With a background in Romance studies she worked as a translator in Poland. She was interested in working with Andrzej Wajda and got a lead role in the 1960 film Innocent Sorcerers.[2] Director Frank Beyer liked her performance and she got the role of Kati Klee in the 1966 East German film Trace of Stones. In 1968 she moved to the United States and trained diplomats at the United States Department of State.[3]

References
  1. "Biography: Krystyna Stypulkowska". Defa film library. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. "Wer kennt Krystyna Stypulkowska?". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 2 December 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. "Krystyna Stypułkowska" (in Polish). Filmpolski. Retrieved 13 November 2022.


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