Jerzy Nowak
Birthday: Born in 1923-06-20 in Brzesko, Polska
Deathday: 2013-03-26
TV Credits
Czarne chmury
Character: oberżysta Schulz
Polish Fanfan, the first Polish series from the "cloak and dagger" - written about the "black cloud" in the press of the 70's. Axis of the plot became a dramatic episodes of the struggle for the maintenance of the Polish Prussia. They remained in feudal depending on the Republic from 1525, when Albrecht Hohenzollern secularized religious state and filed in Krakow tribute to the Polish king....
Stawka większa niż życie
Character: krawiec Marian Skowronek
Stawka większa niż życie is a series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland....
Ziemia obiecana
Character: Zucker, mąż Lucy Zuckerowej
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Polskie drogi
Character: fotograf Tadeusz Białas, ojciec Basi
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Czarne chmury
Character: oberżysta Schulz (nie występuje w napisach)
Polish Fanfan, the first Polish series from the "cloak and dagger" - written about the "black cloud" in the press of the 70's. Axis of the plot became a dramatic episodes of the struggle for the maintenance of the Polish Prussia. They remained in feudal depending on the Republic from 1525, when Albrecht Hohenzollern secularized religious state and filed in Krakow tribute to the Polish king....
Quo Vadis
Character:
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Polskie drogi
Character: Tadeusz Białas, fotograf
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Porwanie Baltazara Gąbki
Character: Don Pedro de Pommidore (voice) (uncredited)
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Щит и меч
Character:
The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. The Russian military command suspects hostile intent from Germany and so arranges for its spies to infiltrate ranks of the German military and the SS. Alexander Belov is a Russian spy, who travels from Soviet-held Latvia to Nazi Germany under an alias of Johann Weiss. His mastery of the German language, steel nerves and an ability to manipulate oth...
Movie Credits
Three Colors: White
Character: Old Peasant
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....
Medium
Character: Ernst Wagner
Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact a murder ritual that took place 36 years earlier....
The Promised Land
Character: Zucker
In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town....
Sędziowie. Tragedya
Character: Jukli
An old man appears in Samuel's inn and seek revenge on the owner....
Lost Feelings
Character: Clerk (uncredited)
One day in the miserable life of a female factory worker and single mother of four children. One of her sons - ridiculed by his peers - leaves home and gets into trouble....
Camera Buff
Character: Stanisław Osuch
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas....
Julie Walking Home
Character: Mieczyslaw "Mietek" Makowsky
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the aching in her heart....
The Sun Rises Once a Day
Character: "Koślawy" (uncredited)
After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts....
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
Character: Florian
Drama set on an isolated farm on the Czech-Polish border immediately after the end of WWII....
Na własną prośbę
Character: Tomkowski
The story is of an engineer in conflict with his superior. He won't go along with the ususal corruption and conformity. He is left to himself amid indifference and ineptitude by his fellow workers and the management....
Stajnia na Salvatorze
Character: Budapest Courier (uncredited)
WWII. Zyga, one of the Resistance soldiers in Kraków is arrested by Gestapo. Soon later the Germans make a number of other arrests and Zyga is accused of being an informer....
A Story in Red
Character: Gamekeeper
Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village...
From a Far Country
Character: Professor
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Easte...
Eagle
Character: Mate Sznuk
Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board....
Egzekutor
Character: Franciszek Kozar
Alex is a young boy who grew up without the warmth of a family home. He is lonely and lacks money. He is in love with his college friend, Maja, without reciprocity. However, the girl decided to get involved with a wealthy man from the criminal world. Meanwhile, as part of his student internship, Alex takes care of a former employee of the Security Office, Franciszek Kozar. The elderly and sick man suffers greatly. His only desire is euthanasia. For some time, Kozar has been persuading his guardi...
Copernicus
Character: Man At Funeral (uncredited)
A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres....
Capital, or How to Make Money in Poland
Character: Serafin
A sociologist nearing middle-aged returns to Poland after several years of giving lectures abroad. The changing economy of the country and business successes of the people around him inspire him to venture out into the deep and unpredictable world of capitalism himself....
Sobótki
Character: Kranz
Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father....
Ściana czarownic
Character: Barkeeper
A brilliant but undisclipined ski jumper prepares for an event while also trying to win a beautiful singer's heart....
Place on Earth
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
A teenager finds himself torn after the death of his mother and falls on the wrong side of the law....
Manhunt
Character: 'Stary Wiarus'
Marcin Krysztalowicz's film is both a partisan ballad, showing the real face of German occupation of Poland during WW2 and a startling war thriller. It tells a story of corporal "Wydra", struggling not only with Germans and Polish traitors but also with his own past......
Fog
Character: dziadek
Ewa decides to end her romance with Alek. From the mountain guesthouse they go by car to Warsaw. . . Kim, after being released early from prison, returns to his wife, Jola, who lives in a lonely house. Here he finds a man who claims he has been hired for hard work. Kim wants to find out if Mietek is not Jola's lover....
Bigda is Coming!
Character: Ksawery
The film tells about the period of Polish history in the 20s of the last century, when the fragile government of the country fell, and a man of the people came to the fore. In fact, he turned out to be a cunning populist and an immoral politician, ready for any tricks for the sake of his goals....
August Sky – 63 Days of Glory
Character: Leonard
A decades-old diary found at a construction site reveals the harrowing account of a professor in hiding during the early days of the Warsaw Uprising....
Meetings In The Dark
Character: Worker (uncredited)
A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war....
The Unknown
Character: Postman
Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen....
Pięciu
Character: Alfred Buchta
Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine....
Lenin in Poland
Character: Austrian Officer
The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist cause. Later Lenin hears she was killed for withholding information about him....
And the Violins Stopped Playing
Character: professor Epstein
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust....
Lovers from Marona
Character: Fisherman (uncredited)
Ola, a local school teacher, meets Janek, a sanatorium patient, and his friend Ark....
Lava
Character: Choir Singer
On the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear....
Love Stories
Character: The Accountant
Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an awkward spot when she reveals her love for him. An 11-year-old informs the priest that she's his daughter. The army officer is pleased when confronted by a past lover. The drug dealer, taken prisoner, must decide whether or not to trust his wife with...
Alchemik
Character: Książę Kiejstut
An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold....
The Egg
Character: Gospodarz Ewy
It tells a story of a bird-monster from South America originally treated as god by Incas. Long believed to be extinct, due to genetical experiment gone awry its egg fossil hatches and the monster starts to search for females to impregnate....
Co jest w człowieku w środku
Character: Mayor
A police chief conducts a an investigation into murder, of which a local recluse is suspected....
Wyspa R.O.
Character: Guard
"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals....
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Character: old rabbi
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina....
Legenda Tatr
Character: innkeeper
Andrzej, who lives in the lowlands, comes to Zakopane. He rents a carriage and orders himself to be taken to the Strążyska Valley....
April
Character: Postman
Set at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although the war is almost over. A war-weary lieutenant tries to muffle his efforts but he keeps on with his men and is killed fighting in the front lines, all his men decide to get his body....
Schindler's List
Character: Investor
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II....
Quo Vadis
Character: Krispus
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 meant...
Squadron
Character: Lejba
A young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to impress the girl who rejected his love. Just at this time the 1863 insurrection explodes in Poland. He enlists to serve in the army being sent to suppress the revolt. He believes that now it's enough to defeat the Poles, become an officer and hero, get a bunch of medals, and then return and lay all of this at the feet of her beloved. However, the "little Polish war" looks completely different to the w...
Cabin Fever
Character: Olek
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....
Placówka
Character: Josel Szatzman
The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post....
Dezerter
Character: Klein
A Pole incorporated into the Wehrmacht deserts, hiding in a coal mine ......
Full Ahead
Character: Bosman
Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures....
Podhale w ogniu
Character: Soldier stealing Cattle
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The Revenge
Character: murarz I
A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's son, Waclaw. On this day, the tongue-tied Cupbearer asks a braggart courtier, Papkin, to sue on his behalf for the hand of the widow Hanna. Papkin succeeds and...
Krab i Joanna
Character: Grzegorz Zaruba
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Mystification
Character: Askenazy
Lazowski, an expelled university student, investigates the supposed suicide of the famous artist Witkacy and tries to prove that the artist is in fact still alive....
A Gentle Creature
Character: sklepikarz
A grieving man tries to find the cause of his young wife's suicide by spending the night next to her dead body and bringing back memories from their past....
Our God's Brother
Character: Anthony
In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless....
Elegia
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Story of Podgaje massacre in January 1945 in which SS troop murdered captured Polish soldiers....
Scratch
Character: Leon
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A Year of the Quiet Sun
Character: lekarz przy ekshumacji zwłok
Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket......
Wściekły
Character:
Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in hand, has to figure out the motive for the killings as well as who the psychopath is and where he might strike next. He uncovers that the mentally deranged sniper can't stand seeing people happy together in public places....
The Hexer
Character: Vesemir
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...
Rok pierwszy
Character: Miller (uncredited)
1944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities....
The End of Our World
Character: Blokfuhrer
Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it...
დინოზავრის კვერცხი
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A group of Georgian scientists traveling to Poland for a scientific symposium are housed in an old fortress . A middle-aged man , a descendant of Polish nobles , falls in love with one of the members of the group . Love turns the previously modest , inconspicuous scientist into a charming woman . After returning from a business trip, his lover soon visits him in his homeland ....