---
name: "Halina Dobrowolska"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/halina-dobrowolska"
fi1m_id: "halina-dobrowolska"
imdb_id: "nm0004113"
tmdb_id: 66457
wikidata_id: "Q21288103"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "18 August 1929"
died: "23 April 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:49:26.640511+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Halina Dobrowolska

## Identity

Halina Dobrowolska

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/halina-dobrowolska
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** halina-dobrowolska
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004113
- **TMDB ID:** 66457
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21288103
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21288103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66457

Production designer. Born 18 August 1929 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. Died 23 April 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 18 August 1929, Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- **Died:** 23 April 2016
- **Active:** 1989–1994
- **Also known as:** Helena Dobrowolska, Halina Krzyzanowksa , Halina Krzyzanowska , Halina Krzyzanowska-Dobrowolska, Халина Добровольска
- **Frequently works with:** [Krzysztof Kieślowski](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-kieslowski.md), [Krzysztof Piesiewicz](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-piesiewicz.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21288103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66457

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: White*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md) (78)

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## Biography

Halina Dobrowolska was a Polish production designer and art director. Born on 18 August 1929 in Kraków, she died on 23 April 2016 in Gliwice. She worked extensively in Polish cinema and television from the 1950s onwards.

She is best known for her collaborations with director Krzysztof Kieślowski. Dobrowolska served as production designer on *A Short Film About Love* (1988), *A Short Film About Killing* (1988), several episodes of the *Decalogue* series (1989), and *Three Colors: White* (1994). She also contributed to *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991) and later films such as *Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease* (2000).

*Sources: imdb.com, criterion.com, pl.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Three Colors: White* (1994), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)
- *Decalogue V* (1989), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/decalogue-v.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Supplement* (2002), Production Design
- *Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure* (2001), as Art Direction
- *Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease* (2000), Production Design
- *Prostitutes* (1998), Set Designer
- *Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law* (1998), as Set Decoration · Production Design
- *Weekend Stories: Dilatory Line* (1998), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *Weekend Stories: The Last Circle* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm* (1998), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *Weekend Stories: The Soul Sings* (1997), as Set Decoration · Production Design
- *Weekend Stories: Little Faith* (1997), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *The Seventh Room* (1996), Production Design
- *At Full Gallop* (1996), Production Design
- *Weekend Stories: A Woman's Business* (1996), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *Three Colors: White* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)
- *Hello, I'm here!* (1991), Production Design
- *Nocny gość* (1990), Production Design
- *Good Morning and Goodbye* (1990), Production Design
- *Dekalog* (1989), series, Production Design
- *Topsy Turvy, or Egg Nogg 2* (1989), Production Design
- *Decalogue V* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/decalogue-v.md)
- *Decalogue VI* (1989), Production Design
- *Art of Loving* (1989), Set Designer
- *Decalogue I* (1989), Production Design
- *Decalogue II* (1989), Production Design
- *Decalogue III* (1989), Production Design
- *Decalogue IV* (1989), Production Design
- *Decalogue VII* (1989), Production Design
- *Decalogue X* (1989), Production Design
- *Decalogue VIII* (1989), Production Design
- *Decalogue IX* (1989), Production Design
- *A Short Film About Love* (1988), Production Design
- *A Short Film About Killing* (1988), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Masquerade* (1987), Set Designer
- *Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes* (1986), Production Design
- *Lato leśnych ludzi* (1985), series, Production Design
- *Woman in a Hat* (1985), Production Design
- *Teddy Bear* (1981), Production Design
- *Dom* (1980), series, Production Design
- *Doktor Murek* (1979), series, Art Department Manager
- *To Save the City* (1976), Production Design
- *Awards and Decorations* (1974), Production Design
- *Rush Hour* (1974), Production Design
- *Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais?* (1972), Production Design
- *Seksolatki* (1972), Production Design
- *I Hate Mondays* (1971), Production Design
- *Chase* (1971), Production Design
- *Dancing at Hitler's Headquarters* (1971), Production Design
- *Cicha noc, święta noc* (1970), Production Design
- *Facing the Truth* (1970), Production Design
- *Album polski* (1970), Production Design
- *Nowy* (1970), Production Design
- *Mountains at Dusk* (1970), Production Design
- *Co jest w człowieku w środku* (1969), Production Design
- *Firesite* (1969), Production Design
- *Shifting Sands* (1969), Production Design
- *Mistrz tańca* (1969), Production Design
- *Examination* (1968), Production Design
- *Korn's Password* (1968), Production Design
- *I Am Burning!* (1968), Assistant Production Design
- *The Killer Leaves a Trace* (1967), Assistant Production Design
- *Checkmate!* (1967), Assistant Production Design
- *The Wall of Witches* (1967), Production Design
- *Life Again* (1965), Production Design
- *The First Day of Freedom* (1964), Assistant Production Design
- *No More Divorces* (1964), Production Design
- *Manhunter* (1964), Assistant Production Design
- *White Tracks* (1963), Assistant Production Design
- *The Impossible Goodbye* (1962), Production Design
- *Bitwa o Kozi Dwór* (1962), Production Design
- *Samson* (1961), Assistant Production Design
- *Knights of the Teutonic Order* (1960), Assistant Production Design
- *Signals* (1959), Assistant Production Design
- *Lotna* (1959), Assistant Production Design
- *The Attempt* (1959), Assistant Production Design
- *Król Maciuś I* (1958), Costume Assistant
- *Kanal* (1957), Assistant Production Design
- *Man on the Tracks* (1957), Costume Design
- *Career* (1955), Assistant Production Design
- *Uczta Baltazara* (1954), Assistant Production Design

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