Kazimierz Opaliński

Actor

February 22, 1890 (89 years)

† June 6, 1979

Przemyśl, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Przemyśl, Poland)

Biography

Kazimierz Opaliński (22 February 1890 – 6 June 1979) was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1936 and 1975. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

7.2

The Deluge

Imperial envoy

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.

6.4

Clouds of War

Sękosz, mieszczanin z Lecka

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.

8.0

Ziemia obiecana

Baum, ojciec Maksa

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6.8

Pharaoh

Beroes

Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.

7.0

Nights and Days

Joachim Ostrzeński, stryj Barbary

Set in the Kalisz Region in the second half of the 19th century after the failure of the January Uprising in 1863, the miniseries presents a unique portrait of an oppressed society as told through the life of the Niechcic family.

7.3

The Promised Land

Maks' Father

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.

5.9

Five Boys from Barska Street

Machinist

In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of their profiteer-boss.

7.8

The Saragossa Manuscript

Hermit / Sheik

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

8.0

Professor Tutka Club

Doktor

Professor Tutka is a storyteller in little café.

6.8

Bad Luck

Prison Warden

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.

6.9

Nights and Days

Rejent Joachim Ostrzeński

A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.

6.9

The Codes

Pieczara

An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.

7.3

The Wedding

Father

Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.

6.9

Eroica

Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.

5.0

Three Stories

Nowicki (segment 3)

The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation.

N/A

Komedie pomyłek

Edward Richards / Judge

A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works.

9.0

Trzy kroki po ziemi

Professor (segment 3)

Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a “Polityka” magazine survey, crafted by documentarians Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski.

9.0

Difficult Love

Nalepa, Hanka's father

A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.

6.5

Hell and Heaven

Ignacy Zasada

A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.

6.9

Man on the Tracks

Władysław Orzechowski

One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, knows for his old ways and stern demeanor. As the inquiry panel tries to deduce why would a man like Orzechowski jump in front of a moving train several of the people involved in the case are interrogated, each telling their own version of the story. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?