Franciszek Pieczka

Acting

Franciszek Pieczka

Born January 18, 1928 · Godów, śląskie, Polska

Died September 23, 2022 · aged 94

Franciszek Maksymilian Pieczka (18 January 1928 – 23 September 2022) was a Polish actor. A graduate of the National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw (1954) he first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Góra. He won the award for Best Actor at the Polish Film Festival in 1976 for The Scar. He has starred in over a hundred films, both Polish and foreign. He has been awarded and honored many ti…

Known For

The Saragossa ManuscriptThe 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.
Quo VadisQuo Vadis · 2001
Quo Vadis
★ 5.62001
MovieDramaHistory
Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a pagan's concubine is a severe sin and disgrace. However, when Vinicius is wounded, Lygia cares for him, and starts to reciprocate his feelings. Vinicius, in return, becomes interested in Christian learning and asks Apostle Peter to teach him. In the meantime, Emperor Nero accuses Christians of having started a great fire in Rome. He encourages the imprisonment, torture and murder of his Christian subjects.
Mother Joan of the AngelsMother Joan of the Angels · 1961
Mother Joan of the Angels
★ 7.51961
MovieDramaHorror
A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of BerlinLiberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin · 1971
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
★ 6.81971
MovieWarDrama
In this the fourth episode, “Battle of Berlin,” the Soviets start their assault on Berlin, and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies.
Good Evening, Mr. WallenbergGood Evening, Mr. Wallenberg · 1990
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
★ 6.21990
MovieDramaWar
Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.
Life for Life: Maximilian KolbeLife for Life: Maximilian Kolbe · 1991
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
★ 6.31991
MovieDrama
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
A GenerationA Generation · 1955
A Generation
★ 6.91955
MovieWarDrama
Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives.
RequiemRequiem · 2001
Requiem
★ 6.52001
MovieDrama
Bartłomiej, community elder and orator, must choose an appropriate successor, but finds difficulty in the aftermath of a local girl's tragic hit-and-run death. A community's pain reverberates through fractured relationships and the burden of funereal responsibility.

Filmography

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Four Tank-Men and a DogFour Tank-Men and a Dog · 1966
Four Tank-Men and a Dog
★ 7.81966
SeriesAction & AdventureWar & Politics
Czterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is set in 1944 and 1945, during World War II, and follows the adventures of a tank crew and their T-34 tank in the 1st Polish Army. Although both the book and the TV series contain elements of pro-Soviet propaganda, they have achieved and retain a cult series status in Poland, Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. The T-34 tank Rudy with the identifying number "102", a German Shepherd dog from Siberia Szarik and to a lesser extent the crew Jan Kos, Gustaw Jeleń, Grigorij Saakaszwili, Tomasz Czereśniak, and their commander and mentor Olgierd Jarosz, as well as other heroes of the series, have become icons in Polish popular culture.

Gustlik Jeleń

Hotel pod żyrafą i nosorożcemHotel pod żyrafą i nosorożcem · 2008
Hotel pod żyrafą i nosorożcem
★ 8.02008
SeriesFamilyComedy
After graduating, Ania and Roman Miłobędzcy moved to the Beskid Mountains to fulfill their youthful dreams. It was here that their children were born. After a dozen or so years of farming in the Beskid meadows, they were close to bankruptcy. They took advantage of a proposal from businessman Bury and traded their Beskid farm for a villa in a town near Warsaw. Their children, Ola, Janek, and Zuza, were deeply affected by the move. The family's hopes were mixed with sadness. The parents' plan proved a disaster. Instead of a villa, they found a dilapidated wooden house, inhabited, moreover, by the quirky and eccentric Franciszek Alba. It quickly became clear that the Miłobędzcy family had fallen victim to a fraud.

Franciszek Alba