Acting
Józef Zbiróg
Born March 18, 1930 · Będzin, Polska
Died April 10, 2009 · aged 79
No biography available.
Known For
Inland Empire · 2006Inland Empire
★ 7.02006
MovieHorrorThriller
When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
The Quack · 1982The Quack
★ 7.51982
MovieDramaRomance
A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.
First Pavilion · 1968First Pavilion
★ 6.01968
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
A young scientist is kidnapped and taken to a house where his former mentor, a professor, is conducting experiments on shrinking humans.
The Faithful River · 1987The Faithful River
★ 6.11987
MovieRomanceDrama
Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding in a burned-out manor with an old servant.
Death of a President · 1977Death of a President
★ 6.21977
MovieHistoryDrama
After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.
Passion · 1978Passion
★ 6.81978
MovieDramaHistory
The last days in the life of Edward Dembowski (1822-1846), the organizer of the Kraków Uprising in 1846. The informal leader of the uprising, determined to fight for the unification of Polish lands and the liberation of the peasants, negotiates with other politicians.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends · 1970How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends
★ 7.61970
MovieComedyAdventure
Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, he is able to escape with a parachute, and finds himself back in Poland, now occupied by Nazis.
Polonia Restituta · 1981Polonia Restituta
★ 10.01981
MovieDramaHistory
A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
Filmography
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Free City · 1958Free City
★ 7.21958
MovieWarDrama
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
Gendarme talking to Schmolde
White Tracks · 1963White Tracks
★ 8.01963
MovieDramaWar
Polish and German soldiers stuck in a Research Station in Greenland must overcome their differences and survive the unforgiving conditions.
German Soldier (uncredited)
Back to Life Again · 1965Back to Life Again
★ 5.71965
MovieDrama
Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need to face the hardships and accusations of postwar Stalinist years before being finally rehabilitated.
Man following Jakuszyn (uncredited)
Życie na gorąco · 1979Życie na gorąco
★ 8.01979
SeriesAction & AdventureCrime
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