Franciszek Pieczka
Biography
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
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Acting History
2023
Disgrace as The Grandfather
2019Aktor Pana Boga
2017Son of the Snow Queen as Kazimierz
2014The Heart and Sweetheart as Droselmajer
2013Cnota
2008Hotel pod żyrafą i nosorożcem as Franciszek Alba
2007Ranczo Wilkowyje as Stacho Japycz
2006The Eighth Day of the Week as Jeromos
2006Jasminum as święty Roch
2006Ranczo as Stacho Japycz
2004Miracle in Cracow as Rabin Lewi
2003Quo Vadis
2001Requiem as Bartłomiej
2001Quo Vadis as Apostle Peter
2000Syzyfowe prace as Józef, servant
1998History of Cinema in Popielawy as Wujo Janek
1996Szabla od komendanta as Kotek
1996The Story About Master Twardowski as pustelnik Albertus
1995Die Straßen von Berlin
1995The Man Who Reads Music From The Plates as Marczyk
1994Thanks for Every New Morning as Olga's Dad
1994Johnnie Waterman as Jancio Wodnik
1994Miraculous Place as pustelnik
1993Two Moons as Szulim
1993The Case of Bronek Pekosinski as ksiądz Michalski
1993Pograbek as Kaczuba
1992Apricots in the Baskets as Dimosthenis
1992Squadron as Błażej
1992Ördög vigye as Jambus Ármin
1992The Land Beyond the Rainbow as Großvater
1991Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe as Banasik
1990Kein Wort von Einsamkeit as Georg Tresser
1990Do domu as Szymon's father
1990Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg as Papa
1990Potyatusok as Mariusz
1990Memories of a River as Ansel Vogel
1990Burial of a Potato as Mateusz Szewczyk
1988Thief as Ojciec
1988Famous Like Sarajevo as God (voice) (uncredited)
1988Jadup and Boel as Unger
1987Powrót po śmierć as Siewka
1987The Faithful River as Szczepan
1987The Mother of the Kings as Cyga
1987Rykowisko as stary Szałaj, ojciec Wiktora
1987Friend of the Jolly Devil as Witalis
1986Wcześnie urodzony as Józef Chrobak
1986Memoirs of a Sinner as Logan
1986Axiliad
1986The Girls of Nowolipki as Mossakowski
1986Big Bang as Stasiek Skrzypek
1986Chrześniak as Strzykalski, ojciec chrzestny Purowskiego
1985Sprawa się rypła as Ludwik Placek
1984La Dame Blanche de Wieliczka
1983Blisko, coraz bliżej as Franciszek Pasternik
1983Na odsiecz Wiedniowi as Ibrahim Pasha
1983Fariaho as Sebastian Fußberg
1983Pełnia nad głowami as Andrzej
1983Austeria as Tag
1983An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill as Piotr Boratynski
1982The Linnet as Old Man / God in Kaziuk's Dream
1982The Lynx as Stelmach Alojz
1981Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
1981Ród Gąsieniców as Franek Gąsienica, syn Pawła; Izydor Gąsienica, syn Józka
1981Ciosy as Franciszek
1980Racławice. 1794 as prezentujący polityczny teatrzyk kukiełkowy
1980The Beads of One Rosary as Jerzy Habryka
1980The Beads of One Rosary as Jerzy Habryk
1979Placówka as Józef Ślimak
1979The Great Runaway as Herr Warga
1979David
1979The White Mazurka as Walery Wróblewski
1979Wiśnie as Ludwik Grępka
1978Somosierra. 1808 as Andrzej Niegolewski
1978The Woman Across the Way as Simon Schmidt
1978Ziemia obiecana as Muller, ojciec Mady
1977A Round Week as Karol Kostka
1977Budapest Tales as Énekes
1976Gold Duck
1976The Scar as Stefan Bednarz
1976Slate as Himself
1975Grzech Antoniego Grudy
1975Till Eulenspiegel as Ritter Kunz
1975The Promised Land as Müller
1974The Deluge as Old Kiemlicz
1974The Nest as Mrokota
1974Dark River as Mateusz
1973The Peasants as Priest
1973Lazarus' Whims as Franek
1973The Wedding as Czepiec
1973Kareta as Gunman
1972Glass Ball as "King of Life"
1972The Sun Rises Once a Day as Haratyk
1972Through Nine Bridges as Father
1972Punkt wyjścia as Jerzy
1972The Cask of Amontillado as Fortunato
1972Pearl in the Crown as Hubert Siersza
1971Liberation: The Battle of Berlin as Sergeant Pełka
1971Kłopotliwy gość as Smiling Agent
1971The Woodpecker as Edek Zdziebko (voice) (uncredited)
1971Hydro-Puzzle as Sailor
1971Legenda as Priest
1971Doktor Ewa as Zalewski, przewodniczący Rady Narodowej
1971Przystań as Muraszko
1970A Hole in the Ground as Priest
1970Album polski as Franek
1969The Office as Priest from Sansisto
1968Matthew's Days as Mateusz
1968Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three as Gustlik Jeleń
1968Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Four as Gustlik Jeleń
1968Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Two as Gustlik Jeleń
1968Tramp or the Only and Incomparable Lenny Jacobsen as Josef
1968Four Tankmen and a Dog Part One as Gustlik Jeleń
1967Skinny and Others as Tomasz Waliczek "Kosa" / "Scythe"
1967Where Is the Third King? as Marczak
1966Four Tank-Men and a Dog as Gustlik Jeleń
1966The Saragossa Manuscript as Pacheco
1966Bigos as Franek Lalik
1965Walkover as Sports Organiser
1965Back to Life Again as Grajewski's Cellmate
1965Late Afternoon as Janusz
1963Good Sins as Eustachy Topór
1963Their Everyday Life as Danysz
1963Skąpani w ogniu as Józef Poczobutt
1962Drugi brzeg as Stefan
1962Hospital as Kolejarz
1962Nad rzeką as Resistance fighter
1961All Souls' Day as Heniutek
1961April as Pvt. Anklewicz
1961Mother Joan of the Angels as Odryn
1958Kalosze szczęścia as Nurse in a mental hospital (uncredited)
1957Lost Feelings as Man with trumpet (uncredited)
1955A Generation as German Soldier on Patrol (uncredited)