“I was sitting in a dress with holes in it in the countryside 100 km from Warsaw.” Then Janda heard: Run, to Cannes!

Asked by Anna Kalita, the actress if this award was one of the happiest moments in her life, Krystyna Janda replied: “I don’t know if I understood what kind of struggle it was then. Andrzej Wajda understood it, Ryszard Bugajski. on my own behalf and on behalf of others, in harmony with myself. And it was lucky that we made these films at all, that we succeeded.”

Krystyna Janda on Cannes: I was late for the ceremony

Palm at Cannes? Granted 10 years after ‘Interrogation’ was filmed? Yes, I was really happy then. But mainly because a year before the award, after 15 years of trying, I gave birth to my first son, and when we got the Palm, I was pregnant with my second

– the actress also said, continuing: “At the end of the Cannes festival, I was sitting in a holey dress in the countryside 100 km from Warsaw, happy and calm. Suddenly the production car arrived. “Running! Pack up! There’s a four o’clock flight to Cannes. I thought I was going to have a tantrum! Suddenly I felt sick, I wanted to vomit and I felt tired, it was the beginning of my pregnancy. Driving in hopes of winning the grand prize seemed absurd to me. I was late. for the ceremony. (laughs)” Janda recalled. .

“Interrogation” couldn’t get to the cinemas because of the subject matter

“Interrogation” is a film directed and written by Ryszard Bugajski, in which Krystyna Janda played the singer Antonina Dziwisz, who is arrested by the officers of the Security Office. A woman is sent to prison only to be forced to testify against her friend. During the interrogation, she is tortured by Major “Kąpielowy” (played by Janusz Gajos). For political reasons (the ongoing martial law), “Interrogation” was not allowed to be distributed. The film survived only because Bugajski was allowed to make a master copy of the film. As a result, the film found its way into the illegal circulation, which cost the director his job. After that, Bugajski emigrated to Canada.

Interrogation was not released in theaters until December 13, 1989. At the Polish Film Festival, he received the Audience Award and the Journalists’ Award, and a year later the Special Jury Award, awards for the leading male role (Janusz Gajos), leading female role (Krystyna Janda) and supporting female role (Anna Romantowska).