Jerzy Stuhr

Born: 1947-04-18

Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈʂtur]; 18 April 1947-9 July 2024) was one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish film and theatre actors. He also worked as a screenwriter, film director and drama professor. He served as the Rector of the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków for two terms: from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2008.


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Three Colors: White

as Jurek
Released: 1994-01-26

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his...

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Sexmission

as Maks Paradys
Released: 1984-05-13

Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation...

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Camera Buff

as Filip Mosz
Released: 1979-11-16

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in...

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Blind Chance

as ZSMP Member (1)
Released: 1987-01-10

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could...

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Decalogue X

as Jerzy Janicki
Released: 1989-05-16

Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover,...

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The Third Part of the Night

as Lab Technician (uncredited)
Released: 1972-01-04

Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, in which Michał witnesses the murder of his mother,...

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We Have a Pope

as Il portavoce
Released: 2011-04-15

The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have...

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A Brighter Tomorrow

as Jerzy
Released: 2023-04-20

An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in...

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Killer

as Commissioner Ryba
Released: 1997-11-17

An innocent cab driver is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a...

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Forgive Us Our Debts

as Professore
Released: 2018-05-04

Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon...

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Down House

as Gen. Ivolgin
Released: 2001-06-06

The plot is set in modern Moscow, in the 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 SUVs, bribery,...

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The War of the Worlds: Next Century

as Attorney
Released: 1981-11-01

Poland, Christmastime. A band of hyperintelligent, bloodthirsty Martians take over the country...

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Déjà vu

as Johnny Pollack
Released: 1990-07-01

The Prohibition years. Chicago bootleggers suffer losses due to their betrayal by one Mick Nich...

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The Caiman

as Jerzy Sturovsky, produttore polacco
Released: 2006-03-24

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a...

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King Size

as Nadszyszkownik Kilkujadek
Released: 1988-05-02

The story follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world...

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Killer 2

as Jerzy Ryba
Released: 1999-01-08

Jurek Kiler has become a VIP - sponsoring the Polish government, playing tennis with the...

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Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes

as Chudy
Released: 1986-09-26

Scope is a prisoner on a behemoth space station and is chosen, like all his fellow prisoners, to...

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Talking Heads 2021

as Self
Released: 2021-09-23

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski,...

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Hijacking Agatha

as ojciec Agaty
Released: 1993-08-20

A parliament member's sixteen year old daughter Agatha falls in love and runs away with a...

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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization

as Soft
Released: 1985-01-28

The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The planet is frozen and radiation kills anyone or...

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Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe

as prałat
Released: 1991-04-01

The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a...

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The Scar

as Bednarz's assistant
Released: 1976-12-06

When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan...

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Tomorrow's Weather

as Józef Kozioł
Released: 2003-10-02

A man, after having abandoned his family to live in a monastery, goes back into the world after...

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Twists of Fate

as Rector
Released: 2007-11-09

A morality tale that starts from answering a mysterious passenger's mobile phone left on a...

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Citizen

as Jan Bratek
Released: 2014-11-07

An attempt at depicting the life of a generation born and raised in communist Poland; a...

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Medium

as Georg Netz
Released: 1985-10-03

Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact...

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Polish Legends: The Dragon

as Bugler
Released: 2015-11-30

Polish Legends about courage, strength, ambition, empathy, cleverness, pride. About Us.

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Show

as uncredited
Released: 2003-03-19

Petty thief Czarek takes part in a TV reality show to escape from the mafia. He is sent to a...

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Without Anesthesia

as Jerzy Porębowicz
Released: 1978-11-27

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full...

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Mystification

as Witkacy
Released: 2010-03-26

Lazowski, an expelled university student, investigates the supposed suicide of the famous artist...

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Persona non grata

as Polish attaché Radca
Released: 2005-04-01

A Polish ambassador (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) finds his life falling into ruin following the death...

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The Death of John L.

as Coalminer from Bytom
Released: 1988-03-07

Zbigniew Gąsior, a thirty year old singer, is a youth idol. Despite fame, money and success with...

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From a Far Country

as Engineer
Released: 1981-09-15

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the...

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A Week in the Life of a Man

as Adam Borowski
Released: 1999-06-26

Jerzy Stuhr wrote, directed, and starred in this drama about a man sworn to uphold the law who...

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The Big Animal

as Zygmunt Sawicki
Released: 2000-08-25

Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple in a Polish...

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A Year of the Quiet Sun

as przewodnik Adzio
Released: 1984-09-09

Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in...

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Top Dog

as Lutek Danielak
Released: 1978-07-24

An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything to get a job he thinks will launch him...

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Citizen Piszczyk

as Jan Piszczyk
Released: 1989-01-16

This film is a sequel to Munk's Zezowate Szczescie and it's much the same, only more so. The...

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Wizja lokalna 1901

as Wagner
Released: 1981-01-26

More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a...

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Train for Hollywood

as Director Zdzich
Released: 1987-08-24

A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She...

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Arje

as Arje
Released: 2004-06-06

A drama about a doctor Arje who discovers his illness and decides to go to Israel in order to...

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Provincial Actors

as Wojciech Głosowicz
Released: 1979-08-10

The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to...

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The Moth

as "Elegancki" w barze
Released: 1980-10-10

This is psychological drama by Tomasz Zygadlo begins as a straightforward story. Jan is the host...

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The Calm

as Antek Gralak
Released: 1980-09-19

A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new...

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Sonata

as Professor Henryk Skarżyński
Released: 2022-03-04

Diagnosed as an autistic child, Grzegorz lives in his own, hermetic world not being able to...

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19 Południk

as Ambasador Rosji
Released: 2003-12-01

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Let It Be

as Sapiente
Released: 2010-11-19

Mary is a young girl, daughter of shepherds, promised in marriage to Joseph, a widower with two...

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Milion za Laurę

as Highlander's Son (uncredited)
Released: 1971-06-08

An antique guitar brings upon a series of increasingly fantastical encounters.

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Slate

as Himself
Released: 1976-01-01

A short making-of from the set of Kieslowski's feature film "Blizna", which uses a lot the word...

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Chance

as Zbyszek Ejmont
Released: 1980-02-18

Jerzy Stuhr plays a high school teacher with a sensitive outlook on life and a soft spot for...

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Hero of the Year

as Lutek Danielak
Released: 1986-01-01

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A Party for Ten, Plus Three

as (uncredited)
Released: 1980-10-14

A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because...

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Escape

as Czesio
Released: 1987-08-29

Teenager pretends to be mentally ill to get away from a reformatory.

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The Mother of the Kings

as Hiszpan
Released: 1987-03-01

Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She...

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I Will Not Starve

as Granata
Released: 2023-02-15

I Will Not Starve tells the story of a fallen chef, formerly a Michelin star, who returns to...

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List of Lovers

as Gustaw
Released: 1995-01-09

Jerzy Stuhr Poland s most beloved actor wrote and directed this charming comedy that caters to...

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Love Stories

as Various Characters
Released: 1997-06-27

Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an...

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Through and Through

as Malisz's Brother
Released: 1973-05-11

Jan and Maria meet at a party and are immediately drawn to each other. Their difficult financial...

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The Perfect Afternoon

as Andrzej Mielczarek
Released: 2007-04-20

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Strach

as uncredited
Released: 1975-06-24

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Matka swojej matki

as Roman
Released: 1996-09-27

Barbara leads a stable life, is fulfilled professionally and has a loving family. Her foster...

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Gwiazda Kopernika

as Paul Van De Volder (voice)
Released: 2009-09-08

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Próba ciśnenia

as mężczyzna pod budką telefoniczną, towarzysz Elżbiety
Released: 1977-01-29

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Ich czworo

as Fedycki
Released: 1977-01-31

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Szansa

as uncredited
Released: 1980-02-18

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Cupid's Bow

as Stanisław Ciąglewicz
Released: 1988-01-18

Lavish romantic melodrama, obsessively concerned with sex. Maryska's husband is off to war. He...

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Dekalog

as Jerzy Janicki
First aired: 1989-12-10

Originally made for Polish television, “The Decalogue” focuses on the residents of a housing...

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My Agent

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-12-25

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L'ultimo Papa Re

as Pierre-Jean Beckx (head of the Jesuits)
First aired: 2013-04-08

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Departures, Returns

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-03-11

A dramatic story about a young man entangled in complicated matters of war, conspiracy and...

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