Zbigniew Zamachowski
Birthday: Born in 1961-07-17 in Brzeziny, Poland
Deathday: Alive
Zbigniew Zamachowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛv zamaˈxɔfskʲi]; born 17 July 1961) is a Polish actor. Zamachowski graduated from the actor's faculty of the National Film School in Łódź. He began his acting career in 1981 and in 1989 had a co-starring role in Part Ten of director Krzysztof Kieślowski's film series, Dekalog. Four years later, Kieślowski cast him as the lead character, "Karol Karol", in Three Colors: White, the second of his acclaimed Three Colors trilogy. He is a two-time winner of Polish Film Awards for his roles in Robert Gliński's film Hi, Tereska (2001) and Andrzej Jakimowski's film drama Zmróż oczy (2004). His other notable roles are featured in Kazimierz Kutz's film Colonel Kwiatkowski (1996), Jerzy Hoffman's historical film With Fire and Sword (1999) and Andrzej Wajda's biopic Walesa: Man of Hope (2013).[3] Between 1985 and 1997, he performed at The Studio Theater, and since 1997 he has been an actor at the National Theater in Warsaw.
TV Credits
Sexify
Character: Dziekan
To build an innovative sex app and win a tech competition, a sexually inexperienced student and her friends must explore the daunting world of intimacy....
Wiedźmin
Character: Jaskier
Wiedźmin is a 2002 fantasy television series. 13 episodes were made. The series received relatively poor reviews, particularly in the light of the failure of the preceding movie. The story is based on the stories of The Witcher, by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski....
Dekalog
Character: Artur Janicki, brat Jerzego
Originally made for Polish television, “The Decalogue” focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time....
Pakt
Character: Roman Hanus
Piotr Grodecki is an investigative journalist uncovering corruption and scandals at the highest levels of government....
Ogniem i mieczem
Character: Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski
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Echo serca
Character: priest Paweł
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Marcinelle
Character:
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Polityka
Character: Ojciec Dyrektor
Portraying the events that have taken place in Polish politics in recent years. A 4 episode TV version of a movie with the same title....
Gang Zielonej Rękawiczki
Character: Commander Mirek (voice)
When their latest heist goes wrong, three older female burglars evade officials by hiding out in a nursing home — where they uncover a sinister secret....
Gang Zielonej Rękawiczki
Character: Commander Mirek
When their latest heist goes wrong, three older female burglars evade officials by hiding out in a nursing home — where they uncover a sinister secret....
Rysa / Układ
Character: Stasiak
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Mistrz i Małgorzata
Character: Behemot
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Movie Credits
Three Colors: Blue
Character: Karol Karol
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected....
Three Colors: Red
Character: Karol Karol
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls....
Three Colors: White
Character: Karol Karol
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland....
Distant Lights
Character: Antoni
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness....
Triple Trouble
Character: Rafalski
When a pearl in the collectionof the National Museum of Poznań, Claude Monet's "Beach in Pourville", disappears and Aunt Julki is falsely accused of the theft, two children must find the picture and identify the real thief....
23
Character: Sergej
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in co...
With Fire and Sword
Character: Michał Wołodyjowski
In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century....
Surfers’ Time
Character: Klama
Three young guys got work from unlucky gangster... they try to make a great job but everything goes wrong...
Devil
Character:
Franciszek finds out from a doctor that his mother is on the verge of death. Unable to watch over her, he hires a village wise-woman, Palchowa, to tend to his Mother in her last moments....
Operation Dunaj
Character: kpt. Grążel
Operation Danube was the cover name for the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968. The fleet of Polish tanks which arrive to liberate their neighbor, ostensibly threatened by a counter-revolution, includes the old tank nicknamed Ladybird, which is the last to leave the barracks....
Truth Makes Free
Character: Adam Grosicki
A Security Service Major wishes to "buy" gullible priest Zieja and turn him into an agent who will discredit the opposition. The priest's interrogations become a natural pretext for a journey through the history of Poland in the twentieth century: from the Bolshevik war of 1920, through World War II, up to modern times. It turns out that the seemingly naive Father Zieja is actually a clever rebel....
Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us
Character: Ireneusz
Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called "The Solidarity Chaplain", murdered by communist secret police....
Talking Heads 2021
Character: Self
The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocutors seemingly simple questions, such as “Who are you?” and “What do you want?”....
8 Things
Character: Ryszard 'Ricky' Poprawa
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Demons of War
Character: kapral "Houdini" Moraczewski
A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will also replace Keller as CO. When the camp's RTO receives a communication from a downed Norwegian chopper, Keller ignores his standing orders and leads a platoon to rescue the crew....
Dublerzy
Character: Stanisław Góraj
A couple of friends, Max and Leo spend some time in Sicily, the island that is associated with mafia. Strange events on one wedding of a mafioso's daughter near the city of Trapani, bring them back to Warsaw. Yet, the criminal leaders, particularly Don Antonio Gambini, are also in Poland where they have a job to do. Unintentionally, Max and Leo are brought into a plot....
Blind Date
Character: TV Cameraman
Majka is young, beautiful and intelligent. It is time for her to learn and work, she has wonderful friends. But unfortunately she can't forget Cezary, who had abandoned her a year ago. So Majka's best friend decides to help her to start a new life....
Squint Your Eyes
Character: Jasiek
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town and finds grudging refuge with the slightly slovenly caretaker of an abandoned farm, an ex-teacher....
Pitbull. Last Dog
Character: "Gawełek"
A policeman gets killed and the short-staffed police chief sends for a few experienced officers to support him in his fight with organized crime. Meanwhile, a conflict between local gangster groups escalates....
Let's Make a Grandson
Character: Gustaw Mytnik
To save the family land from a mysterious millionaire, a farmer hatches a plan to marry off his two children so they can take over the business....
Happy New York
Character: Ignacy "Potejto"
The story of six Polish emigrants living in New York City, who try to live their American Dream and cope with the realities of the Big Apple....
Weiser
Character: Kołota, kierownik szkoły
The film is based on the well-known, translated into many languages novel of writer Pawel Huelle. It is imbued with nostalgia and the atmosphere of mystery story of a group of children, fascinated by the figure of a man named David Weiser....
30 Door Key
Character: parobek
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood during the brink of World War II. Based on the famous novel Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz....
Father, Son & Holy Cow
Character: Bogdan
Bogdan, an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, retires from the stage when his wife Iza dies, and he seeks solace on his mother's little farm. The little village on the Baltic coast is where he and his wife had sworn to love each other for all eternity when they were still children. Now that everything has changed, Bogdan succumbs to fate and begins to drink heavily. Thankfully his resolute mother has a formula to free the despairing Bogdan from his state of lethargy: renovating the run-d...
White Soup
Character: Matuszek
The dramatic story of a woman's struggle to discover the identity of her grandchild's father. The grandmother becomes obsessed with discovering the identity of the man who fathered her daughter's child.The naive daughter is of little help with her mother with the search, which turns into a dangerous journey, filled with unexpected events. The mother is forced to face and overcome her own dark secrets and deepest fears, and her struggles provide her daughter with a new sense of hope and underst...
Kanalia
Character: Wert (voice) (uncredited)
A Russian investigator is demoted after a young PPS militia escapes from Poland and vows revenge....
Aftermath
Character: Sierżant Włodzimierz Nowak
Two brothers are trying to find out the truth from years ago. The whole town is against them....
Hi, Tereska
Character: Edek
Teenager Tereska comes from poor family and has to face difficult world and mean people around her....
Seychelles
Character: Stefek
A small-time racketeer Stefek evades mob bosses by passing himself off as a mentally unstable cleptomaniac and laying low in an asylum. The racketeer and his closest devotee escape from the asylum and find work at the opera. Stefek becomes stage-doorman and soon discovers that the opera doubles as a brothel....
Art of Loving
Character: Doctor Żebro
Prior to her wedding a nineteen years old Anna can't stop wondering - whether she made the right choice? So she decides to seek the advice of a well-known sexologist......
Decalogue X
Character: Artur Janicki
Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. The more involved the brothers get in their father’s world, the more dire and comical their situation becomes....
Taranthriller
Character:
Looking for a place to conduct research, docent Marek and his family move into an old villa where strange events take place....
Reverted
Character: Tomasz Siwek
Young democracy activist is being chased by police in a very funny way....
The Station
Character: Dymecki
A seriously wounded gangster with a bag full of money stops at a deserted gas station....
Our Folks: The Beginning
Character: Kacper Pawlak
Pawlak and Kargul – the protagonists of the cult-favourite trilogy “Our Folks” – had been neighbours in a village in Podolia before they ended up in the Recovered Territories. Even then, it was one explosive neighbourhood....
Came the Uhlans
Character: Marian
In a post-State gmina Osiek, on August 15th the plaque commemorating the liberation of the town from the hands of the Bolsheviks in 1920 will be unveiled. Vogt wants the event to be festive and to contribute to the promotion a the forgotten gmina. He needs a veteran, but where will he find a veteran of the 1920 war? Marian, a village shopkeeper, promises to “find” a veteran in excha...
Pułapka
Character: Robert "Bobek" Burski, menager Maćka
An actor returns to Poland after 12 very unsuccessful years in the United States only to find himself entangled in a noirish situation reminiscent of California in the 1940s....
Colonel Kwiatkowski
Character: sierżant Dudek
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Hope
Character: Sopel
Francis Ratay witnesses the theft of church painting "Angel with violin". The entire incident recorded by an amateur camera. The thief turns out to Benedict Weber, gallery owner and art connoisseur. Francis comes to his gallery. Blackmails him, that will provide police record, unless the image in three days back in place....
Killing Love
Character: Jan Pokojski
Casper, movie rental worker becomes an owner of a DVD with a registered murder, which John made for an unfaithful wife....
The Hexer
Character: Jaskier
A heroic fantasy based on the famous novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, "The Sword of Destiny" and "The Last Wish". This film immerses us in a world inhabited by kings and knights, princesses and sorcerers, priests and magicians, where fire-breathing dragons guard untold treasures, and human greed leads to an endless struggle for power, cruelty, bloodshed, and violence. And this world has its own superheroes - fearless witchers, people with magical powers. Their mission is to protect th...
Treasure
Character: Stefan
A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own....
Warsaw Stories
Character: Dariusz
'Igła" (The needle) is a former prisoner who seen the Blessed Virgin. He survived the conversion and wants to save people. In his quest to Warsaw meets the following characters: Martin - shy businessman and a victim of bullying, Lucy - working in a sex shop dreamer, Filip - a teenager who wants to get out of his native village, Jurek - embittered alcoholic who lost their lives and Monica - corporate single girl. Each of them is lonely, alienated - and each is at the threshold of a kind of awake...
Kill Me, Cop
Character: Seweryn
The story is a duel between criminal-on- the-run and the cop who put him behind the bars the first time around....
Persona Non Grata
Character: Ganor
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of t...
Miłość na pierwszą stronę
Character: Doctor
The story of Nina - a modern day Cinderella and Robert - the son of the presidential couple. She is undergoing a transformation in life and is making her first steps in the paparazzi profession. He also wants to live on his own terms and free himself from the spotlight, which may turn out to be more difficult than he thinks. Only fleeting "front page love" or a great feeling for life will spark between the characters?...
If I Were You
Character: Neighbour
A married couple wakes up in each other's bodies, discovering surprising thrusts about their partner as they struggle to return to normalcy....
Gabriel
Character: Father
Embarking on a journey across southern Poland to find his long-lost father, twelve-year-old Tomek receives help from a mysterious youth named Gabriel....
Luxury
Character: Popers
The lives of two boys converge on the central train station in Warsaw, the day before Christmas....
A Night at the Kindergarten
Character: Tadeusz
A young man crashes a school play rehearsal to prevent a group of teachers and eccentric parents from expelling his girlfriend's son....
Dark Crimes
Character: Lukasz
Tadek, a Polish detective, becomes suspicious of a controversial author when the incidents described in his unpublished novel resemble the inner workings of an unsolved murder....
Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach
Character: Andrzej Roszak
Podczas "zimy stulecia" na dworcu w Koluszkach zniecierpliwieni pasażerowie oczekują na przybycie pociągu. Łączność kolejowa zostaje zerwana. W tym samym czasie niedaleko Koluszek w zaspach śnieżnych utknął pociąg. W jego wagonach panuje wesoła atmosfera. Niektórzy pasażerowie, którym śpieszy się na połączenie z innymi stacjami, wysiadają i idą piechotą do dworca w Koluszkach. Jest wśród nich Andrzej Roszak - młody chłopak śpieszący do Warszawy, oraz prawdopodobnie jego rówieśnica Basia. Niedług...
7 Things You Don't Know About Men
Character: Ryszard 'Ricky' Poprawa
A comedy about the modern days men, and not only......
The Pianist
Character: Customer with Coins
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city....
Gods
Character: Stanisław Pasyk
Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa....
Walesa: Man of Hope
Character: Nawiślak
How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people....
Destined for Blues
Character: Henio
The life of Ryszard Riedel, former leader of cult Polish rock-blues band Dzem, including the history of his family relationships, music career and addiction to alcohol and drugs....
1800 Grams
Character: Vice-President
A touching story about the most important human matters: love, loneliness, sacrifice and courage, around the life of Ewa, a woman who works looking for families for orphaned children....
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Character: Mathias
Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself....
Yes, Yes
Character: Marek
Set in Poland in the 1970s, the main character half-heartedly goes about his job as a censor at the state run television station, whilst conducting affairs with nurses, airline pilots, etc. Interesting scene where main character must illegally emigrate to his own country....
Dublerzy
Character: Stanislaw Goraj
A couple of friends, Max and Leo spend some time in Sicily, the island that is associated with mafia. Strange events on one wedding of a mafioso's daughter near the city of Trapani, bring them back to Warsaw. Yet, the criminal leaders, particularly Don Antonio Gambini, are also in Poland where they have a job to do. Unintentionally, Max and Leo are brought into a plot....
Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema
Character: Censor's Assistant
The screening of a movie "Daybreak" at the "Liberty" Cinema is interrupted by an unusual event - actors come to life on the screen, start conversations among themselves, draw the audience into them. Crowds gather around the cinema, the relevant authorities and services wonder what to do in this complicated situation. Also arriving is the censor, a man reaching his fifties, a one-time literary critic and journalist. The line between fiction and reality begins to blur....
Prymas. Trzy lata z tysiąca
Character: Ksiądz Stanisław Skorodecki
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Korczak
Character: Ichak Szulc
The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war....
Kolekcja sukienek
Character: Sokrates
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No Panic With A Hint of Hysteria
Character: Gunder
A timid accountant tries to earn his living as a rather unsuccessful hitman, until one stormy night he pulls a trigger for the first time and becomes a target for the vengeful mafia boss, murderous gangsters, trigger-happy cops and a gorgeous blonde from hell – and if he’s not careful his own wife might catch wind of his double life too....
Taxing Love
Character: Ojciec Klary
Klara, devoted to her work as a tax inspector, becomes infatuated with the dashing but irresponsible and cynical Marian who is about to be charged with tax evasion....
The Possessed
Character: Liamchine
Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of psychosis and mutual distrust among the population, but in reality, both revolutionaries and repressors are being manipulated by a diabolical individual....
Be Prepared
Character: Inspektor
Conflicts between the scouts and boys in a reformatory at the common scout camp, are sometimes very strong. One of the scouts dies. Jacek does not trust the police, who recognizes that it was an unfortunate accident. Sam believes in a world of a crystalline division into evil and good. He begins a private investigation. He brings a strict regime to the camp....
Sauna
Character: Jussi
A film based on a simple situation: several men talk in the sauna....
Cabin Fever
Character: Stanislaw
The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather....
Run Boy Run
Character: Hersch Fridman
Run Boy Run is the true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. He encounters people who will betray him for a reward, who will beat him up or try to kill him, and he meets those, who will do and risk almost everything to help him. Jurek’s resilience is put to the ultimate test, when an accident cripples him, making it harder to find work. But he struggles on ...
The Resistance Fighter
Character: Generał Antoni Chruściel - Monter
Film about the lead up to the Polish uprising against German occupation at the end of the Second World War....
Politics
Character:
Portraying the events that have taken place in Polish politics in recent years....
The Ring and the Rose
Character: książę Bulbo
TV series based on William Thackeray's novel....
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Character: Gutek
Myriam, a survivor of the concentration camp at Auschwitz, is a filmmaker and journalist who has spent many years living abroad. She takes part in a memorial event at the town hall in Paris commemorating the liberation of the camp, where she wins a flight to Cracow. At first she refuses to accept the prize, then decides to go....
Half a Century of Poetry Later
Character: Jaskier
Quarter the century after the Rivian Pogrom (the very last events from the Witcher Saga) Kaer Morhen, an old keep of the witchers from the school of the Wolf, is being attacked. Leader of the assault is a mighty warrior - Agaius. A few years later from Aretuza, newly rebuilt school of the sorceress, runs Ornella, who has been suspected of finding the legendary Alzur's Almanac. In pursuit comes Triss Merigold, with help of an old bard, Dandelion, his bastard son Julian and Lambert, the last monst...
Bad Boy
Character: Bogdański, prezes "Unii"
The rise and fall of a soccer club owner, discovering the harsh reality of the sport, often connected with crime and fraud....
Love Me and Do Whatever You Want
Character: Lech Ryszka
Młody człowiek mieszka na Suwalszczyźnie, ma się żenić z córką miejscowego bogacza. Jest jednak absolwentem konserwatorium, chciałby zostać kompozytorem. Zatrudnia się jako akompaniator popularnej piosenkarki ,która przybyła do miasteczka na gościnne występy....
Proof of Life
Character: Terry's Driver
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America....
The Sundial Clock
Character: (voice)
The story of a married couple, actress and director, who live in the bosom of nature, in a stream hut, and realize a story about their own lives, thoughts and fantasies. Working on a film is a naive attempt to search for meaning in life....
Sweat
Character: Fryderyk
Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zając, whose presence on social media has made her a celebrity. Although she has hundreds of thousands of followers, is surrounded by loyal employees and admired by acquaintances, she is looking for true intimacy....
Jack Strong
Character: Gendera
Poland, 1970. Firmly determined to fight against Soviet tyranny and prevent the destruction of the world, the high-ranking officer of the Polish army Ryszard Kukliński makes a serious decision that will put his life, his family and the fate of an entire nation at risk....
Zad wielkiego wieloryba
Character: Wiciu
Roy, who lives abroad, recollects his youth. Soon he receives news about his old friend's death....
The Big Picnic
Character: Rysiek
Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city....
Boczny tor
Character: Marek
Old couple dreams about a cruise....
Dotknięci
Character: Piotr
Polish film directed by Wieslaw Saniewski....
Escape
Character: Boy
Teenager pretends to be mentally ill to get away from a reformatory....
The Body
Character: Dizel
One day a commuter, who happens to be a burglar, finds a dead body on a train. As he was just returning from a burglary and not wanting to draw attention to himself, he decides to get rid of the corpse himself. Little does he know that the body is about to embark on one hell of a journey......
The Offsiders
Character: Dziennikarz
Under the leadership of an ex-footballer, a bunch of homeless men set up a football team and train hard to take part in the world championship....
Da kommt noch was
Character: Ryszard
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Within the Whirlwind
Character:
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life....
Jaś i Małgosia - rodzeństwo, które przeżyło
Character: Narrator
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