Anna Prucnal
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Anna Prucnal is a Polish actress in both cinema and theatre, as well as a singer.
Prucnal was born in Warsaw
, Poland. After her father, a surgeon, was killed by the Nazis
during World War II
, Anna and her sister were raised by their mother, who was of noble descent and related to the 18th-century King of Poland Stanisław Leszczyński. After studying piano and lyrical song, Anna Prucnal went on an acting career at the Studencki Teatr Satyryków, in Warsaw.
Prucnal first appeared in a movie at the age of twenty-two in the film “Sun and Shadow” (Slăntzeto i siankata), a popular release. In 1970, Prucnal moved to France and embarked upon a theatrical career, appearing in a number of plays by Bertolt Brecht
. She worked with many important directors including Jorge Lavelli
, Georges Wilson
, Roger Planchon
, Jean-Louis Barrault
, Marc’O, Petrika Ionesco, Lucian Pintilie
and Jacques Lassalle. She also appeared in several notable films, the most notorious of which was Dusan Makavejev
's “Sweet Movie”, which Polish authorities deemed to be pornographic and anticommunist. As a result, Anna was banned from using her Polish passport, effectively exiling her from her homeland.
During the 1970s, Anna developed her career as a singer. Her album “Dream of West, Dream of East” was popular, initially in France, then Belgium, worldwide and, finally, in Warsaw in 1989… to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution
, and representing a homecoming of sorts for Anna.
Prucnal has continued to release records (such as “Monsieur Brecht” in 2006), and act in movies (“Wimbledon Stage” in 2001) and TV, as well as appearing on stage in the acclaimed play “The Vagina Monologues” in 2005.
In 2002, Prucnal published her autobiography (not yet translated in English) entitled “Moi qui suis née à Varsovie” (“I, who was born in Warsaw”), co-authored with Jean Mailland.
Prucnal was born in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland. After her father, a surgeon, was killed by the Nazis
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Anna and her sister were raised by their mother, who was of noble descent and related to the 18th-century King of Poland Stanisław Leszczyński. After studying piano and lyrical song, Anna Prucnal went on an acting career at the Studencki Teatr Satyryków, in Warsaw.
Prucnal first appeared in a movie at the age of twenty-two in the film “Sun and Shadow” (Slăntzeto i siankata), a popular release. In 1970, Prucnal moved to France and embarked upon a theatrical career, appearing in a number of plays by Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
. She worked with many important directors including Jorge Lavelli
Jorge Lavelli
Jorge Lavelli is a French theater director of Italian ethnicity and Argentine origin.The son of Italian immigrants in Argentina, Lavelli has lived in France since the early 1960s. He became a French citizen in 1977....
, Georges Wilson
Georges Wilson
Georges Wilson was a French film and television actor. He is the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine , to a French father and an Irish mother...
, Roger Planchon
Roger Planchon
Roger Planchon , was a French playwright, director, filmmaker.-Biography:...
, Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault was a French actor, director and mime artist, training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis .Jean-Louis Barrault studied with Charles Dullin in whose troupe he acted...
, Marc’O, Petrika Ionesco, Lucian Pintilie
Lucian Pintilie
-Filmography:* Duminică la ora şase * Reconstituirea * Salonul numărul 6 * De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? - see also the "Portrayals and tributes" section at Mitică* Balanţa * O vară de neuitat * Prea târziu...
and Jacques Lassalle. She also appeared in several notable films, the most notorious of which was Dusan Makavejev
Dušan Makavejev
Dušan Makavejev is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
's “Sweet Movie”, which Polish authorities deemed to be pornographic and anticommunist. As a result, Anna was banned from using her Polish passport, effectively exiling her from her homeland.
During the 1970s, Anna developed her career as a singer. Her album “Dream of West, Dream of East” was popular, initially in France, then Belgium, worldwide and, finally, in Warsaw in 1989… to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, and representing a homecoming of sorts for Anna.
Prucnal has continued to release records (such as “Monsieur Brecht” in 2006), and act in movies (“Wimbledon Stage” in 2001) and TV, as well as appearing on stage in the acclaimed play “The Vagina Monologues” in 2005.
In 2002, Prucnal published her autobiography (not yet translated in English) entitled “Moi qui suis née à Varsovie” (“I, who was born in Warsaw”), co-authored with Jean Mailland.
Filmography
- 1962 : Sun and Shadow (Original title: Слънцето и сянката or Slăntzeto i siankata)
- 1963 : Teenager (Original title: Smarkula)
- 1963 : New year eve adventure (Original title: Przygoda noworoczna)
- 1964 : The Flying Dutchman (Original title: Le Hollandais volant)
- 1966 : Reise ins Ehebett
- 1970 : Nowy
- 1970 : Unterwegs zu Lenin
- 1970 : Der Sekretär
- 1972 : Hellé
- 1974 : Sweet MovieSweet MovieSweet Movie is a film by the Yugoslavian director Dušan Makavejev. The film follows two women: a Canadian beauty queen, who represents a modern commodity culture, and a captain aboard a ship laden with candy and sugar, who is a failed communist revolutionary. Director of photography is Pierre Lhomme...
- 1976 : Dracula père et fils
- 1976 : Guerres civiles en France - premier empire - La semaine sanglante
- 1978 : Le Dossier 51
- 1979 : Bastien, Bastienne
- 1979 : Mais où et donc OrnicarMais où et donc OrnicarMais où et donc Ornicar is a 1979 French drama film directed by Bertrand Van Effenterre. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Brigitte Fossey. It was released in France on 28 February, 1979.-Plot:...
- 1980 : La città delle donneCity of WomenCity of Women is a 1980 film written and directed by Federico Fellini. Amid Fellini's characteristic combination of dreamlike, outrageous, and artistic imagery, Marcello Mastroianni plays Snàporaz, a man who voyages through male and female spaces toward a confrontation with his own attitudes...
- 1981 : Neige
- 1981 : L'Ogre de barbarie
- 1983 : L'Homme qui aimait deux femmes
- 1989 : Un amour tardif
- 1993 : Lepiej być piękną i bogatą (Better to be pretty and rich)
- 1993 : Au port de la lune
- 1994 : Les Corneilles (Wrony)
- 1997 : C'est la tangente que je préfère
- 2002 : Le Stade de Wimbledon
- 2005 : Slogans pour 343 actrices
Discography
- 1967 : Letkiss-Boy
- 1967 : Träume sind so wunderschön
- 1979 : Félicité
- 1979 : L'Été
- 1980 : Théâtre de la ville
- 1981 : Avec Amour
- 1982 : Loin de Pologne
- 1984 : L'âge de cœur
- 1987 : Rêve d'ouest, rêve d'est
- 1987 : Ivre vive - Luna moon
- 1988 : Concert 88
- 1993 : Monsieur Brecht
- 1993 : C'était à Babelsberg
- 1995 : Dédicaces
- 1995 : L'intégrale
- 1996 : Rêve d'Ouest - Rêve d'Est
- 1998 : Anna Prucnal chante Vertynski
- 1999 : Les années fatales
- 2001 : Le Cirque de Giuseppe
- 2002 : Je vous aime
- 2006 : Monsieur Brecht
- 2006 : Rêve d'ouest - Rêve d'est
Television
- 1968 : Przekladaniec, by Andrzej Wajda
- 1968 : Wege übers LandWays across the CountryWays across the Country is a 1968 East German television miniseries, directed by Martin Ackermann.-Episode I:...
, by Martin Eckermann - 1974 : The Festival with Spitz, by Edouard Luntz
- 1974 : A Young Man Alone, by Jean Mailland
- 1976 : Nick Verlaine or How to steal the Tower Eiffel, by Claude Boissol
- 1979 : Quincailler of Meaux, by Pierre Lary
- 1981 : War in neutral country, by Philippe Lefèbvre
- 1982 : Anna Prucnal, dream of west-dream of east, by Jean Mailland
- 1982 : The Ogre of cruelty, Pierre Matteuzzi
- 1986 : The Laughter of Caïn, Marcel Moussy
- 1988 : Toâ realized, by Yves-André Hubert
- 1988 : A madness, by Alain Dhenault
- 1989 : Anna Prucnal, until new order, by Jean Mailland
- 1990 : Silesia, letter with two votes, by Jean Mailland
Theatre
- 1971 : Small Mahagonny, Bertolt Brecht
- 1971 : The Parisian life, Jacques Offenbach
- 1972 : Seven deadly sins, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
- 1972 : Gave Mobil, Claude Prey
- 1973 : Rock bottom, Marc’ O
- 1973 : The Four binoculars, Copi
- 1974 : Ubu with the opera, Alfred Jarry
- 1975 : A.A. theaters of Adamov, Roger Planchon
- 1975 : Middle-class Madnesses, Roger Planchon
- 1975 : The Man occis, Claude Prey
- 1975 : Nights of Paris
- 1976 : The French Grandmother, by Eugene Ionesco'
- 1977 : Jacques or the tender and the future in the eggs, by Eugene Ionesco'
- 1977 : Domestic industry , F.K. Kroetz, Jacques Lassalle
- 1978 : Remagen, Anna Seghers, by Jacques Lassalle
- 1978 : Kabaret, Jean Mailland
- 1984 : The Beautiful Helene, Jacques Offenbach
- 1984 : The human Voice, Jean Cocteau and Francis Poulenc
- 1986 : Ghetto, Josual Sobol
- 1987 : Connected, Eugene O’ Neill
- 1988 : Awakes Philadelphia, François Billetdoux
- 1990 : The Opera of quat’ under, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
- 1991 : The Room, Wilhelm de Tove Ditlevsen
- 1992 : Mr Brecht, according to Bertolt Brecht
- 1993 : The human Voice, Jean Cocteau and Francis Poulenc
- 1994 : The following days which sing false, Josual Sobol
- 1996 : Gernika 1937, a lyric review, of Jean Mailland'
- 1999 : The Circus of Giuseppe, Jean-Louis Bauer and Piotr Moss
- 2000 : Song of the swan and other stories, Anton Tchekhov'
- 2002 : The Foreigner of the city, Bernard Martin
- 2003 : Red Evil and gold, Jean Cocteau
- 2004 : Anna Prucnal and Jean Cocteau
- 2005 : The Vagina Monologues, by Eve Ensler