Franciszek Pieczka
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 times for his individual roles, as well as his contribution to the development of theater and film art. He is an honorary citizen of the Godów commune. In 2015, he was awarded the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franciszek Pieczka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
The Promised Land
as MüllerThe Polish film based on the book of the same name by Władysław Reymont. Taking place in the...
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The Saragossa Manuscript
as PachecoDuring the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the...
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Quo Vadis
as Apostle PeterAncient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with...
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The Deluge
as Old KiemliczDuring the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to...
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Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
as PapaSwedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during...
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Mother Joan of the Angels
as OdrynA Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior, who is supposedly...
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Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
as BanasikThe story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a...
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The Wedding
as CzepiecSet at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has...
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A Generation
as German Soldier on Patrol (uncredited)Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an...
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Liberation: Battle for Berlin
as Sergeant PełkaIn this the fourth episode, “Battle of Berlin,” the Soviets start their assault on Berlin and...
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The Mother of the Kings
as CygaMade in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She...
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In medieval Germany, poor and witty Till Eulenspiegel fools and cheats citizens, churchmen, and...
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Jasminum
as święty RochThe peaceful world of a monastery, in a small town Jasmine, is destroyed by the arrival of...
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Johnnie Waterman
as Jancio WodnikOn the road wandering minstrel finds a mare, which, upholstered and sickly, is dying. He buries...
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Jadup and Boel
as UngerIn a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII. That is, until a...
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The Scar
as Stefan BednarzWhen a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan...
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Kalosze szczęścia
as Nurse in a mental hospital (uncredited)Two fairies, Terencja and Felicja are in posession of the Lucky Rain Boots, which they intend to...
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Liberation: The Last Assault
as uncreditedIn Berlin, Lieutenant Yartsev's infantry and Tzvetaev's battery fight their way in the U-Bahn....
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Skąpani w ogniu
as Józef PoczobuttCaptain Sowiński finds himself on the Recovered Territories in 1945, right in the midst of local...
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Two Moons
as SzulimPanoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at...
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Good Sins
as Eustachy TopórA carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.
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Walkover
as Sports OrganiserWalkover, the autobiographical second feature by Polish enfant terrible Jerzy Skolimowski echoes...
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Austeria
as TagDuring a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the...
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All Souls' Day
as HeniutekA pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude...
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The Land beyond the Rainbow
as GroßvaterA surrealist tale set in the East German village of Stalina.
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Budapest Tales
as Énekes"Budapest Tales" is about a group of people (consisting of Szabo regular Andras Balint along...
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David
as uncreditedAlthough members of the Hitler Youth chant anti-Semitic paroles in front of his house during the...
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Dark River
as wójt MateuszSmall Polish village straight after WWII. Young man Zenek injured and awarded with Cross of...
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Memoirs of a Sinner
as LoganA recently resurrected corpse recounts his life story, focusing on his strange relationship with...
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A Round Week
as Karol KostkaGustlik learns the magical world of Silesian legends listening to his grandfather's stories.
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Axiliad
as uncreditedA young, idealistic poet, turns his back on civilization and goes to small, backwood village,...
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An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill
as Piotr BoratynskiDrama about historical figure Barbara Radziwiłł, her romance with King Sigismund II August, her...
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History of Cinema in Popielawy
as Wujo JanekThe story is narrated by ten-year old Staszek, who writes in his diary about his school-friend...
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The Cask of Amontillado
as FortunatoProfessor Montresor, being the object of his friends' jokes, prepares his revenge.
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Pograbek
as KaczubaPograbek is a village philosopher with an unconventional way of looking at things. He is...
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The Eighth Day of the Week
as JeromosAfter her husband's death, Hanna Szendroy, the former primadonna, portrayed by Maya Komorowska...
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Back to Life Again
as Grajewski's CellmateThree idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist -...
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The Girls of Nowolipki
as MossakowskiComing of age story of four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw just before the...
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The White Mazurka
as Walery WróblewskiA film about the life and activities of the Polish revolutionary Ludwik Waryński. In his...
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Disgrace
as The GrandfatherWiktoria, a woman showing early signs of pregnancy learns that her brother just arrived in town....
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Lost Feelings
as Man with trumpet (uncredited)One day in the miserable life of a female factory worker and single mother of four children. One...
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Skinny and Others
as Tomasz Waliczek "Kosa" / "Scythe"A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter,...
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The Peasants
as PriestIn a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling...
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Chrześniak
as Strzykalski, ojciec chrzestny PurowskiegoThe film depicts three days in the life of a state farm director, during which he celebrates his...
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Squadron
as BłażejA young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to...
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Album polski
as kolejarz Franek, ojczym AnnyUniversity student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil...
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Hospital
as uncredited1962’s SZPITAL (HOSPITAL) is set entirely in a claustrophobic hospital room where a male patient...
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The Linnet
as Dziad / Pan Bóg we śnie KaziukaKaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the...
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Kłopotliwy gość
as Smiling agentStrange human-shaped phenomenon appeared in Piotrowski's new flat and he approaches all...
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Hydro-Puzzle
as MarynarzWarsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only...
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Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
as uncreditedWhile studying in Moscow, the GDR resident Christiane falls in love with Hatem, a fellow student...
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Where Is the Third King?
as MarczakTwo militia officers are assigned to a museum in an undercover assignment to protect a valuable...
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Przystań
as MuraszkoSettlers from various parts of Poland come to the Vistula Spit just after WWII. They are...
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Matthew's Days
as MateuszA man who is socially inept and out of touch with the world lives with his sister in a small...
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The Nest
as MrokotaTold in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo...
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The Case of Bronek Pekosinski
as ksiądz MichalskiBronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and...
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The Faithful River
as uncreditedSet during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor...
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Placówka
as Józef ŚlimakThe problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the...
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Slate
as HimselfA short making-of from the set of Kieslowski's feature film "Blizna", which uses a lot the word...
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Pearl in the Crown
as Hubert SierszaWhen it is discovered that the Zygmunt mine in Upper Silesia has been deemed unprofitable and is...
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Burial of a Potato
as uncreditedSet in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a...
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April
as Pvt. AnklewiczSet at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although...
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Powrót po śmierć
as SiewkaOne June evening, a Krakow prostitute nicknamed Rączka is accosted by a bloody man who wants to...
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The Beads of One Rosary
as Jerzy HabrykaThe crusty hero, Habryka, is an old miner who has won many worker medals and is now retired with...
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The Beads of One Rosary
as Jerzy HabrykThe crusty hero, Habryka, is an old miner who has won many worker medals and is now retired with...
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as BartłomiejBartłomiej, community elder and orator, must choose an appropriate successor, but finds...
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Memories of a River
as Ansel VogelIn the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire, David Hersko, a Jewish shepherd, witnesses the...
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Na odsiecz Wiedniowi
as Ibrahim PashaFilm about the famous Battle of Vienna and the events surrounding it.
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The Lynx
as Stelmach AlojzSet during the German occupation of Poland during WWII. A priest in a small village meets a...
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A Hole in the Ground
as ksiądzAn ambitious, enthusiastic young geologist is entangled in bureaucratic red tape when he tries...
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Drugi brzeg
as StefanA Polish communist in prison breaks out at the start of the war, fight against the Germans and...
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La Dame Blanche de Wieliczka
as uncreditedTV movie, a part of a Canadian series titled "The Legends of the World", telling the legend of...
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Through nine bridges
as FatherA mother carries her sick baby through nine bridges, believing a superstition that it will cure it.
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Punkt wyjścia
as JerzyA study of the psyche of a sick, aging man who loses faith in the meaning of life.
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Late Afternoon
as JanuszMiddle-aged woman tries to cope with the passage of time and aging, as seen by her daughter.
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The Office
as Priest from SansistoJuliusz Starzewski goes to Rome to seek justice on behalf of his father.
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Famous Like Sarajevo
as God (voice) (uncredited)The authorities in favor of the Nazis are trying to restore order in a small town in Silesia....
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Thanks for Every New Morning
as Olga's FatherThis film is about life of a family, which lived in Prague since since 1968 to 1980. Father of...
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Potyatusok
as Mariusz1982, Budapest. Two 18-year-old Hungarian boys think Hungary is boring so they decide to travel...
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Wcześnie urodzony
as Józef ChrobakA dying man, influenced by a neighbor in the hospital room, decides to enjoy his life.
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The Heart and Sweetheart
as DroselmajerA story, warm and full of humor, about Maszenka, an 11-year-old girl from an orphanage in the...
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Sprawa się rypła
as Ludwik PlacekDuring the USSR's rule over Poland, highlander Józef Placek and his family have to convince the...
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Somosierra. 1808
as Andrzej NiegolewskiThe theme of the film is the Battle of Somosierra, which took place during the Napoleonic Wars....
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Their Everyday Life
as DanyszAfter a violent quarrel, Nitka leaves her husband Andrzej. He meets a young girl with whom he is...
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The Sun Rises Once a Day
as HaratykAfter the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the...
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Big Bang
as Stasiek SkrzypekA UFO lands at night in a typical Masovian village. The villagers feel honored and want to be as...
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Nad rzeką
as Resistance fighterA boy accidentally gets involved in a fight between partisans and a German patrol.
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Pełnia nad głowami
as AndrzejSet in the 1960s, in a small town in Poland. After the destruction of an old mill, an...
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Bigos
as Franek LalikThe cook prepares the soldier's favourite dish. The soldiers learn that the products come from...
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Friend of the Jolly Devil
as WitalisA woodsman find and abandoned child in the forest and raises him as his son. When the child...
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Apricots in the Baskets
as DimosthenisGreek movie, which won the best screenplay award at the 1992 Thessaloniki Film Festival.
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Die Straßen von Berlin
as uncreditedDie Straßen von Berlin is a German television series.
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Ranczo
as Stacho JapyczRanczo ["Ranch"] is a Polish television comedy series, directed by Wojciech Adamczyk, that has...
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Four Tank-Men and a Dog
as Gustlik JeleńCzterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz...
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The Great Runaway
as Herr WargaA miniseries about a pair of teenagers living in a slum at the fringes of Berlin. Alcoholism,...
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