Agnieszka Holland - Autorizovaný životopis slavné polské režisérky – Pasternak Karolina (2025)

No Polish director has achieved such cinematic success as Agnieszka Holland. She is an icon and – as younger generations sometimes call her – the godmother of an entire generation of filmmakers. In this authorized biography, she reveals the truth about her life for the first time.
What was it like to work and create in a male-dominated film world? What was her childhood like after the tragic death of her father? Why did she pursue a career in the West among so many talented Polish filmmakers? How did she, as a single mother and immigrant, end up in Paris? How did she manage to break into Hollywood under the wings of celebrities like Francis Ford Coppola?
Film journalist Karolina Pasternak has managed to write a biography of the director full of unknown and surprising facts, thanks to her extraordinary relationship with Agnieszka Holland.
Karolina Pasternak is a long-time journalist at Newsweek, a lecturer, and an editor-in-chief. Her work has been published in leading Polish magazines. She has interviewed prominent figures in world cinema, including Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg.