Marian Kociniak
Birthday: Born in 1936-01-11 in Warszawa, mazowieckie, Polska
Deathday: 2016-03-11
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Janosik
Character: murgrabia
Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor. The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer. There are 13 1-hour episodes....
Głęboka woda
Character: profesor Nowakowski
A group of social welfare workers led by their new director tries to provide necessary aid to people struggling with various problems....
Jan Serce
Character: Piotr Krukowski
A sensitive idealist, a noble and righteous man, he dreams of a true, great love. Despite turning 40, he is still looking for 'the one'. Before fate unexpectedly turns out to be favorable, he experiences various emotional adversities. Reflective story of the unchanging human longing for goodness and honesty....
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The Sun Rises Once a Day
Character: "Mały"
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....
How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Character: Franciszek Dolas
After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook....
The Last Action
Character: Kazik Iwanowski "Kotek"
When his grandson is beaten by gangsters, a Warsaw veteran gathers his war buddies to take them on....
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Character: Franciszek Dolas
On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe....
How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends
Character: Franciszek Dolas
Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, he is able to escape with a parachute, and finds himself back in Poland, now occupied by Nazis....
Barrier
Character: Tram Driver with a "17" on his Neck (uncredited)
A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland....
Gangsters and Philantropists
Character: Man in the Restaurant ("Alcoholmeter")
The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom....
The Two Who Stole the Moon
Character: Nieborak (uncredited)
Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishin...
The Woodpecker
Character: TV Reporter
A man approaching middle age gets more than he bargained for when he tries having an extramarital affair while his wife is away....
Skinny and Others
Character: "Partyjny" / "Party Boy"
A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears....
Janosik
Character: Murgrabia
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Wiano
Character: Staszek's Friend
A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry....
Ernst Thälmann
Character:
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Cyrk odjeżdża
Character: Kossakowski
The circus leaves 1948. In one of the towns there is a circus organized right after the liberation. A conflict arises between Kossakowski, a lion trainer, and Chamron, a horse trainer, which creates a tense atmosphere in the entire team....
Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany
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Following a successful robbery on Christmas Eve, two thieves go hiding into a children's home, where every child is expecting Santa Claus to come soon....
Pięciu
Character: Kazio
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....
Innocent Sorcerers
Character: Guest (uncredited)
A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love. But he loses her when he goes out to see some friends and then rushes madly around the city after her....
Bermuda Triangle
Character: Jarek
Three old friends living in distant cities decide to help each other get rid of people who stand in their way to achieve happiness....
Danton
Character: Robert Lindet
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not a...
Pan Tadeusz
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A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families as they overcome their old conflicts and petty lives. However, they are able to unite as one with their patriotic and rebellious efforts to free the country they deeply love from Russian control....
Rififi po sześćdziesiątce
Character: Andrzej Nowisz, ordynator szpitala w Nowych Jorkach
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Maria and Napoleon
Character: Palace Officer
In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly....
Czerwone berety
Character: Grzegorz Warecki
A young soldier is being blackmailed by his colleague after causing a driving accident while drunk...
Operation "Brutus"
Character: Lieutenant Krysiak
Jaruga, the chief of the local branch of Security Office leads a fight against a Home Army unit led by a man known as Boruta and begins to suspect that one of his men was planted by the insurgents. Another Security Office agent arrives to uncover the conspiracy and deal the final blow to Boruta....
Ostatni po Bogu
Character: Lieutenant Mackiewicz
Tensions rise between a crew of a submarine when an accident causes it to settle at the bottom of the sea....
Morning Stars
Character:
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Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
Character: Adam
A group of middle-aged men takes a bus trip to the Black Sea, having to put up with the border guard, accommodation and their guide, a film school student....
Fucha
Character: Zgred
International Critics’ Week - Cannes Festival 1985...
Przy torze kolejowym
Character: Man
February 1943. A Jewish woman jumps out of a train and severely hurts herself. Other people arrive at the scene, but nobody is willing to help her....
Miłość z listy przebojów
Character: Jul
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Playing with the Devil
Character: Marcin Kabat
The fearless soldier, Marcin Kabat, returns to his hometown from a long war....
Sobótki
Character: Karol
Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father....