Acting

Zdzisław Kuźniar

Born July 26, 1931 (age 95)

No biography available.

Known For

The Saragossa Manuscript · 1966

The Saragossa Manuscript

★ 7.71966

MovieFantasyMystery

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

The Promised Land · 1975

The Promised Land

★ 7.41975

MovieDramaHistory

At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory.

Set in the 60's in a provincial town: four high school teenagers approach graduation, but all they think about are The Beatles.

After Mick Nich, a 1930's Chicago gangster, sells out his own gang to the police, the Mafia hires the best hitman in town, Johnny Pollack, to follow him to Odessa, USSR. Upon arrival, Pollack loses his memory and goes on various adventures with a group of thick-headed Odessa locals who think he is a harmless butterfly collector.

Three children strike a deep friendship after a chance encounter during World War 2.

A well-regarded engineer in a big enterprise is hounded by trumped up attacks on his integrity when he delves too deeply into how bonuses are handled by the management. He gets into an argument with the guard, is arrested and subsequently fired. An old friend, a journalist, tries to sort things out but the victim's stubbornness and past problems with his wife lead to lossess by both.

October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but after his friend's death, he changed his mind and organized a burglary of famous and well protected bank which belonged to his former partner in crime, backstabbing and double-crossing Kramer. Kwinto designs a clever plan not to only rob the Kramer's bank but to make it look like Kramer himself did it.

Short film directed by Zygmunt Lech, Starring renowned polish actor Bogusław Linda

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The Saragossa Manuscript · 1966

The Saragossa Manuscript

★ 7.71966

MovieFantasyMystery

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

Sheik's Servant (uncredited)

The Promised Land · 1975

Kaczmarek

Set in the 60's in a provincial town: four high school teenagers approach graduation, but all they think about are The Beatles.

Father

О'Холларан, лейтенант чикагской полиции

Three children strike a deep friendship after a chance encounter during World War 2.

Resistance Fighter

Guard

Krempitsch

Short film directed by Zygmunt Lech, Starring renowned polish actor Bogusław Linda

gestapowiec

Giuseppe in Warsaw · 1964

Giuseppe in Warsaw

★ 6.31964

MovieRomanceComedy

The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of events Giuseppe falls in love and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.

Man giving a Medal to Giuseppe (uncredited)

How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape · 1970

How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape

★ 7.61970

MovieComedyWar

On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.

Dimo Stojadinovic

The Last Witness · 1970

The Last Witness

★ 5.31970

MovieCrime

Years after WWII a group of German "tourists" arrives in Poland to find a hidden Nazi treasure.

SS Leader

The story follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big Eater, ruler of the dwarves. The dwarf kingdom, Shuflandia, exists in a cellar of a library, and only the most obedient get the chance to grow to king size and inhabit the larger world. Once there, nobody wants to return to Shuflandia. Also, there are no women in Shuflandia.

Człowiek w berecie

Niedziela Barabasza · 1972

Niedziela Barabasza

★ 9.01972

MovieDramaTV Movie

During a football match, one of the teams' goalkeepers is approached by his wife, who starts an argument.

Barabasz

How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms · 1970

How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms

★ 7.61970

MovieComedyAdventure

After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.

Dimo Stojadinovic

Memoirs of a Sinner · 1986

Memoirs of a Sinner

★ 6.91986

MovieFantasyDrama

A recently resurrected corpse recounts his life story, focusing on his strange relationship with a murderous alter-ego.

Weaver

The First Day of Freedom · 1964

The First Day of Freedom

★ 6.51964

MovieDramaWar

Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. After a doctor's daughter is raped by a concentration camp worker, the Poles allow her and her father to stay in the house that is their temporary quarters. While waiting to be repatriated, the war-weary group is forced to fight some German soldiers who invade the town. The war brings out conflicting emotions of the Poles who find themselves trapped in the house and once again under fire from the enemy.

Soldier (uncredited)

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.

Polish Postman

Adam's Two Ribs · 1964

Adam's Two Ribs

★ 8.01964

MovieComedy

An engineer comes home from abroad to his waiting wife. After some time, his second wife, an Italian one, joins him. For a small town, such a triangle will turn out to be unacceptable, especially since the spouses live peacefully under one roof.

A man buying a Polish-Italian phrasebook (uncredited)

After graduating from maritime school, Marek goes on his first voyage.

Sailor

Permanent Objections · 1975

Permanent Objections

★ 7.01975

MovieDrama

Franek, a petty criminal and gambler, befriends Rysio, who performs inspections of meat plants. Rysio suspects wrongdoings at the slaughterhouse. Franek, despite his age, cannot find a place in life, with nothing achieved and, what's more, still not knowing what to do.

Rysio's Friend from Labour Regiments

1944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.

Zwoleń

Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures.

Sailor

Queen of Clouds · 2004

Queen of Clouds

★ 6.42004

MovieDramaComedy

Piotr manages to buy a splendid though dilapidated villa from the eccentric 80-year-old painter Mimi. The woman treats him like her long-lost only son whereas Piotr tries to send her away to old people's home.

"Oczytany" kierowca TIR-a

Ewa Wants to Sleep · 1958

Ewa Wants to Sleep

★ 6.81958

MovieComedy

Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thieves and petty troublemakers.

Bandit (uncredited)

More Than Life At Stake · 1968

More Than Life At Stake

★ 8.01968

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.

oficer Wehrmachtu, znajomy Jeanne Mole

Theatre Macabre · 1971

Theatre Macabre

★ 3.01971

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author, with tales by Edgar Allen Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde.

Janosik · 1974

Janosik

★ 7.21974

SeriesAction & Adventure

Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor. The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer. There are 13 1-hour episodes.

Blisko, coraz bliżej · 1983

Blisko, coraz bliżej

★ 8.01983

SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama

The story stretches from 1863 to 1945. Its main characters are representatives of the Pasternik family, who live in the fictional village of Wielowice near Pszczyna. The protagonist of the first three episodes is Franciszek Pasternik, the following parts tell about the fate of his many children and even more grandchildren. The viewer follows their history against the backdrop of great changes and historical events that influenced the lives of Silesian Poles. So there is the Kulturkampf, Prussian rugi, the revolution of 1905, World War I and the Silesian Uprisings.

baron

Korab's Neighbor

Sins of the Fathers · 2019

Sins of the Fathers

★ 6.92019

SeriesDramaCrime

A retired policeman and a former criminal must face their past when their daughters' lives are suddenly put at risk in this gangster thriller shining a light on the dark and dangerous activities of the Warsaw Mafia.

doktor Jacek Mucha, uczestnik spotkań psychoterapeutycznych

Życie na gorąco · 1979

Życie na gorąco

★ 8.01979

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

Otto, człowiek Bohnego

Marianek is an unlucky man and not successful in his affairs. At the same time, he is a dove-hearted man, sensitive to other people’s misfortunes and harm, willing to help, even at his own expense. He is always ready to solve the problems of others, although he is usually not very good at it. His favorite saying is “absolutely”.

dyspozytor

The horse Karino is born during winter and when his mother dies, a young woman starts to care for the helpless foal. Their adventures together are followed during the years to come, from the age of a newborn to the time when Karino’s a full-grown competition horse.

koniuszy

Gruby · 1973

Gruby

★ 8.01973

SeriesAction & Adventure

Seventh-grade students are just starting their studies in a newly opened school in a small town in the Recovered Territories, right after the end of the war. The difficult process of assimilation of the settlers who came to Lower Silesia in 1946, the echoes of the war: the subversive actions of Werwolf, the actions of the looters - constitute the background for the adventures taking place in the foreground.

Szulc, nauczyciel wf-u

Przyłbice i kaptury · 1986

Przyłbice i kaptury

★ 8.01986

SeriesAction & AdventureWar & Politics

Ziemia obiecana · 1978

Ziemia obiecana

★ 8.01978

Series

Kaczmarek, nabywca Kurowa

Znaki szczególne · 1977

Znaki szczególne

★ 7.01977

SeriesDrama

Engineer Bogdan Zawada moves to the construction of a port on the Baltic Sea. The man tries to arrange his personal and professional life in a new environment.

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