Kazimierz Wichniarz

Actor

January 18, 1915 (80 years)

† June 26, 1995

Poznań, wielkopolskie, Polska

Biography

No biography available.

Filmography

7.2

The Deluge

Jan Onufry Zagłoba

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.

8.0

Ziemia obiecana

Zajączkowski

No description available

7.3

The Promised Land

Zajączkowski

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

Militiaman (uncredited)

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

6.0

Karino

dyrektor departamentu hodowli

The horse Karino is born during winter and when his mother dies, a young woman starts to care for the helpless foal. Their adventures together are followed during the years to come, from the age of a newborn to the time when Karino’s a full-grown competition horse.

7.0

A Generation

Werkschutz

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives. A coming-of-age story of survival and shattering loss, A Generation delivers a brutal portrait of the human cost of war.

7.4

Hubal

Father Ptaszyński

Major Henryk "Hubal" Dobrzański refuses to surrender to the Germans in the wake of the 1939 campaign and continues to lead his regiment in guerilla warfare against the invaders.

6.1

The Nest

Dźwigor

Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.

7.0

The Bus Leaves at 6.20

Musioł

A young hairstylist leaves her husband and joins a group of working women.

5.1

Wraki

Feluś

Diver Antoni Barnat is falsely accused of causing an accident underwater that almost led to his fellow diver's death. Interestingly enough, they are both in love with the same girl, Teresa.

6.6

The Devil from Seventh Grade

Iwo Gąsowski

Adam Cisowski, a devilishly smart teenager is looking for treasure hidden by Napoleon's soldier. But he is not the only one searching for it, and his rivals are very dangerous.

7.2

Free City

Kunert

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.

4.7

Nikodem Dyzma

Wareda's Man

Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.

7.3

Złote koło

Butyrak

An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime.

8.0

Zamach stanu

Kazimierz Stamirowski, wiceminister spraw wewnętrznych

Fall 1925. Six hundred officers demonstrate in front of Józef Piłsudski’s country house in Sulejówek, demanding the Marshal’s return to active political life. May 1926—a government crisis; Wincenty Witos forms a new government. Piłsudski’s move sparks clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted government. Piłsudski appoints Kazimierz Bartel as prime minister. The beginning of the “moral reform.” Ignacy Mościcki becomes president. Summer 1930. A joint platform of opponents to the Sanacja government is formed. “Centrolew” is established.

6.4

The Hours of Hope

Sergeant Tomala

In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.

6.4

The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest

Jak (voice)

A young boy and girl travel in a strange car and encounter various objects which come alive to help them. Eventually they leave the Earth altogether and visit a strange, new planet.

10.0

Soldier of Victory

Man giving Arms to the Workers (uncredited)

Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.

5.8

The Peasants

Miller

In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.

7.4

Forbidden Songs

Gestapo Officer in Tokarskis' Apartment

Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.