Acting
Jan Kociniak
Born November 8, 1937 · Stryj, stanisłwowskie, Polska (obecnie Ukraina)
Died April 20, 2007 · aged 69
No biography available.
Known For
Richie · 2007Richie
★ 4.42007
MovieComedy
Chased by mafia boss Kreda over a mistaken €2 million debt, club president Ryszard Ochódzki follows consigliere Maria Wafel’s advice to sell land to Father Pudło, only to hatch an even bigger bank fraud with banker Koziczek to raise the cash. Flush with stolen funds and briefly enjoying political office, he hides the money in the Molibdenów home, but just as he and coach Jarząbek plan to retrieve it, contract killer Dukan closes in.
Teddy Bear · 1981Teddy Bear
★ 7.81981
MovieComedy
En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.
Wiano · 1964Wiano
★ 9.01964
MovieDramaRomance
A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry.
The Night of the Generals · 1967The Night of the Generals
★ 6.81967
MovieThrillerMystery
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
The Annuity · 2001The Annuity
2001
MovieComedy
A theatre play based on the comedy by Aleksander Fredro. directed by Wojciech Pszoniak.
The Doll · 1968The Doll
★ 6.51968
MovieDramaRomance
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.
Mniejszy szuka Dużego · 1976Mniejszy szuka Dużego
1976
MovieAdventureComedy
The protagonists of the film are two brothers - Smaller and Big, Filomena and the dog Klops. Big has problems at school, so he decides to run away from home. His brother decides to find him.
The Saragossa Manuscript · 1966The Saragossa Manuscript
★ 7.81966
MovieFantasyMystery
During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
Movies
Richie · 2007Richie
★ 4.42007
MovieComedy
Chased by mafia boss Kreda over a mistaken €2 million debt, club president Ryszard Ochódzki follows consigliere Maria Wafel’s advice to sell land to Father Pudło, only to hatch an even bigger bank fraud with banker Koziczek to raise the cash. Flush with stolen funds and briefly enjoying political office, he hides the money in the Molibdenów home, but just as he and coach Jarząbek plan to retrieve it, contract killer Dukan closes in.
Teddy Bear · 1981Teddy Bear
★ 7.81981
MovieComedy
En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.
Wiano · 1964Wiano
★ 9.01964
MovieDramaRomance
A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry.
The Night of the Generals · 1967The Night of the Generals
★ 6.81967
MovieThrillerMystery
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
The Annuity · 2001The Annuity
2001
MovieComedy
A theatre play based on the comedy by Aleksander Fredro. directed by Wojciech Pszoniak.
The Doll · 1968The Doll
★ 6.51968
MovieDramaRomance
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.
Mniejszy szuka Dużego · 1976Mniejszy szuka Dużego
1976
MovieAdventureComedy
The protagonists of the film are two brothers - Smaller and Big, Filomena and the dog Klops. Big has problems at school, so he decides to run away from home. His brother decides to find him.
The Saragossa Manuscript · 1966The Saragossa Manuscript
★ 7.81966
MovieFantasyMystery
During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
Playing with the Devil · 1980Playing with the Devil
★ 9.01980
MovieComedyTV Movie
The fearless soldier, Marcin Kabat, returns to his hometown from a long war.
Man - Woman Wanted · 1973Man - Woman Wanted
★ 7.61973
MovieComedy
Stanisław Maria Rochowicz, a bumbling art historian, is falsely accused of stealing a painting. The alleged thief faces five years in prison. Desperate, he decides to hide in disguise as a woman until he can paint a copy of the stolen canvas. Lacking means to live, he takes jobs as a maid for a variety of colorful characters.
Controlled Conversations · 1991Controlled Conversations
★ 6.71991
MovieComedy
Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland.
King Ubu · 2004King Ubu
★ 6.52004
MovieDramaComedy
A grotesque Shakespearean tale of Ubu who comes to power in a bloody way. When his absurd reforms fail and the treasury gets empty, Ubu and his flatterers start implementing terror across the country.
Far Is the Road · 1963Far Is the Road
★ 6.51963
MovieDrama
After WWII a soldier returns to his Polish homeland from Scotland.
Around the World with Bolek and Lolek · 1977Around the World with Bolek and Lolek
★ 6.41977
MovieFamilyAnimation
Animated film about two young boys, Bolek and Lolek, who seek to fulfill the last will of Phileas Fogg who decided that his inheritor would be the one who made an identical round the world journey as he had done, using the means of transport generally in use in the nineteenth century. As they journey round the world, a bad character named Jeremiah tries to foil their attempts.
Special Mission · 1987Special Mission
★ 5.81987
MovieComedyWar
In 1943, a drunk cook is mistaken for a secret agent and sent on a special mission from London to Nazi-occupied Poland.
Sons and Comrades · 1986Sons and Comrades
★ 5.81986
MovieDramaComedy
A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He meets with other Poles confined in the same camp, including several women, in whose he had romantic interests.
Woman in a Hat · 1985Woman in a Hat
★ 6.61985
MovieDrama
A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Ewa lives on her own, occasionally visiting a famous old actress to talk about theatre, taking care of a poor neighbor, and fights her sophisticated mother rejecting the truth about her beloved father, who died an alcoholic.
Kochajmy syrenki · 1967Kochajmy syrenki
★ 6.01967
MovieMusicComedy
Polish musical comedy. The film focuses on two friends who spend their vacation in the beautiful countryside of Mazury. They buy a very nice car (Syrenka), but in order to pay for it the men need to start working as solicitors for a notable art impresario named Koszajtis. Soon they get thrown right in the middle of a hilarious war between two rivaling music-and-dance groups.
Miłość z listy przebojów · 1985Miłość z listy przebojów
★ 5.01985
MovieMusicRomance
Peter and Eliza are vacationing in the Mazury region. After an argument with her boyfriend, the girl leaves him and goes away. Meanwhile, Eliza's father Jul, a sculptor, organizes a reunion of former members of the student theater in which he performed years ago.
The Ring of Queen Ann · 1971The Ring of Queen Ann
★ 6.51971
MovieAdventureFamily
Adventures of a three good friends during school summer vacation.
Kłopotliwy gość · 1971Kłopotliwy gość
★ 7.01971
MovieComedy
Strange human-shaped phenomenon appears in Piotrowski's new flat and he approaches all available institutions to help him get rid of it.
Place on Earth · 1960Place on Earth
★ 8.01960
MovieDrama
A teenager finds himself torn after the death of his mother and falls on the wrong side of the law.
Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy · 1967Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy
★ 7.01967
MovieComedyAdventure
Pilot Stefan Janotta recalls the war and the years following, when he helped rebuilding Polish Airlines.
Mój stary · 1962Mój stary
★ 8.01962
MovieDrama
A boy awaits the return of his long-absent emigre father but is disappointed when they finally meet.
TV Shows
Dom · 1980Dom
★ 7.31980
SeriesDrama
The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Boża podszewka · 1997Boża podszewka
★ 4.51997
SeriesDrama
God's Lining presents the dramatic fate of Marianna Jurewiczówna, her family, and the inhabitants of the Vilnius region from 1900 to 1945.
The series begins in 1900, when Marianna, the youngest child of Maria and Andrzej Jurewicz, is born. Through Maryśka's eyes, we meet a succession of characters passing through the manor: the order-takers (Bartłomiej), the slackers (e.g., Mickiewicz), the peasant farmhands (e.g., Antośka), the servants (e.g., Walunia), and various misfits, rejected and ridiculed (e.g., the foolish Maryla), just like the main character. Marianna Jurewiczówna is called "niedonosek" by her family because of her premature birth; she feels unloved and rejected, misunderstood, and different. The series concludes in 1945, during the so-called first repatriation.
Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa · 1967Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa
★ 7.41967
SeriesComedy
Boża podszewka. Część druga · 2005Boża podszewka. Część druga
★ 5.82005
SeriesDrama
5 dni z życia emeryta · 19855 dni z życia emeryta
1985
SeriesDrama
An adaptation of Jerzy Stefan Stawiński’s novel "13 Days in the Life of a Retiree: The Diary of Adam Bzowski", depicting the exemplary life of a Polish intellectual (born well before the war) and his ancestors.