Wojciech Pszoniak
Born: 1942-05-02
Died: 2020-10-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wojciech Pszoniak (born in 1942 in Lwów, currently Ukraine), is a Polish film and theater actor. Pszoniak gained international visibility following Andrzej Wajda's 1975 film The Promised Land, in which he played Moritz, one of the three main characters. The actor left Poland during the period of political unrest in 1980-1981, which saw the appearance of the Solidarity trade union and ended with the imposition of martial law on December 13, 1981. Pszoniak found roles in France, where he is currently living and working. Since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, Pszoniak has appeared in Polish movies and plays. Internationally, he simplified his first name into Wojtek, which is the standard diminutive of the relatively formal Wojciech in the Polish language. Pszoniak often plays Jewish characters, although he is not of Jewish descent. In France, this is partially attributable to his role in The Promised Land, as well as his foreign accent. Pszoniak did not speak French when he emigrated to France, so he learned his theatrical lines phonetically; in movies like Danton, where he played Robespierre, his voice was dubbed. An anecdote about his language skills relates that when he finally started speaking French, one director told him that he preferred his old accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wojciech Pszoniak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2017
- If You Saw His Heart as Le polonais
- Z dala od orkiestry as (voice)
2016
- Eccentrics, the Sunny Side of the Street as Felicjan Zuppe
2015
- Carte Blanche as Professor-Oculist
2014
- Rosemary's Baby as Mr. Wees
- To Life as L'imprimeur
2012
- Cassos as Monsieur Lodz
2011
- The Winner as profesor Karloff
- The Rabbi's Cat as Vastenov (voice)
- The Mole as Stefan Garbarek
- Robert Mitchum Est Mort
- Nie ten człowiek as baron
- Black Thursday as Władysław Gomułka
2010
- Mystification as Pinno
- The Rite of Passage as Major Trzaska
2009
- Lesser Evil as pacjent
2006
- Notturno as Kajetan
- Oficerowie as Czesław Pieczur, teść Kalińskiego
2004
- Viper in the Fist as Père Volitza
2003
- The Pact of Silence as L'archevêque
2001
- Chaos as Pali
2000
- Second life as le père de Vincent
- Bajland as Jan Rydel
1997
- Our God's Brother as The Stranger
- Pour l'amour d'Élena as Souline
1996
- Chicken Talk as Grandfather
- La chica
1995
- Holy Week as Councilman Zamojski
1994
- The Deep Blue Sea as Mr. Miller
1993
- East Wind as pułkownik Lew Czeko
1992
- Guilty of Innocence as Ottenhagen
1991
- Performance as Mr Miller
- Gawin as Pierre / Xerkes
1989
- Venetian Red as Antonio Vivaldi
1988
- The Devil as Stranger / The Devil
- Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné as Judge
- To Kill a Priest as Bridge Player
- Les années sandwiches as Max
1986
- Mit meinen heißen Tränen as Kajetan
- I Hate Actors as Hercule Potnik
1985
- Angry Harvest as Cybulkowski
1984
- Dangerous Moves as Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
1983
- Danton as Maximilien Robespierre
- Austeria as Rudy Josełe
- The Window as Waiter
- Daimler-Benz Limousine as Bogdański
1982
- Przeprowadzka as Andrzej Nowicki
- Spokojne lata as Śliz
1980
- Golem as Prisoner
- Olympics 40 as Otto Schultze
1979
- The Tin Drum as Fajngold
- Hospital of the Transfiguration as Marglewski
- Aria for an Athlete as Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku
1978
- Rekolekcje as Marek
- Ziemia obiecana as Moryc Welt
1977
- The Gorgon Case as Profesor, biegły sądowy podczas procesu w Krakowie
- Rewizor
- Ich czworo as Mąż
1976
- Convicted as Ryszard Bielczyk
- The Shadow-Line as Conductor (uncredited)
- I'm a Butterfly as Redactor Oswald
1975
- The Promised Land as Moryc Welt
1974
- The Nest as Mieszko I
1973
- The Wedding as Journalist / Stanczyk
- Ostatni liść as Berman
1972
- Pilate and Others as Jeszua Ha-Nocri
1971
- A Face of an Angel as Tadeusz's Father