Helena Wolińska-Brus
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Helena Wolińska-Brus was a military prosecutor in the Polish People's Republic with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, involved in the Stalinist show trials of the 1950s. She has been implicated in the a
Photographic portrait of Wolińska c.1950s
Grave of Włodzimierz Brus and Helena Wolińska-Brus in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford. While their names are written in Latin characters, on top are the Hebrew characters Pe and Nun, standing for "Here is buried..." - traditional in Jewish burials.
Ida (film)
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Ida is a 2013 drama film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski and written by Pawlikowski and Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Set in Poland in 1962, it follows a young woman on the verge of taking vows as a Catholic nun.
Helena Wolińska-Brus
…a few family members attending. Wolińska-Brus inspired the character of prosecutor Wanda Gruz in Paweł Pawlikowski's 2013 Academy Award-winning film Ida. Pawlikowski had met Wolińska-Brus and her husband while he was a student at Oxford; at the time, Pawlikowski was unaware of her past. After learning…
Polish theatrical release poster
The statue of Christ from the film with displays showing how the sequences were shot.