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Wojciech Pszoniak
Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Died October 19, 2020 (78 years)
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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.
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2017 | If You Saw His Heart · as Le Polonais |
| 2015 | Excentrycy, czyli po slonecznej stronie ulicy · as Felicjan Zuppe |
| 2015 | Carte Blanche · as Professor-Oculist |
| 2014 | To Life · as L'imprimeur |
| 2014 | Rosemary's Baby (TV Series) · as Mr. Wees |
| 2012 | Cassos · as Monsieur Lotz |
| 2011 | The Mole · as Stefan Garbarek, Były Kapitan Sb |
| 2011 | The Rabbi's Cat · as Vastenov |
| 2011 | The Winner · as Profesor Karloff |
| 2011 | Czarny czwartek. Janek Wisniewski padl · as Władysław Gomułka |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Righteous (PL) (TV Series) · as Old Jakub Kohn |
| 2010 | Mala matura 1947 · as Major Trzaska |
| 2010 | Mystification · as Pinno |
| 2010 | Nie ten czlowiek · as Baron |
| 2009 | Mniejsze zlo · as Pacjent |
| 2009 | Braquo (TV Series) · as Iossif Vissarionovitch |
| 2008 | Now or never! (TV Series) · as Witold |
| 2008 | 39 And a Half (TV Series) · as Stefan Dawidziuk |
| 2007 | Nadzieja · as Benedykt Weber |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Oficerowie (TV Series) · as Czesław Pieczur, Teść Kalińskiego |
| 2004 | Viper in the Fist · as Père Volitza |
| 2003 | Above the Clouds · as Le Producteur |
| 2003 | The Pact of Silence · as L'archevêque |
| 2001 | Chaos · as Pali |
| 2000 | Second Life · as Le Père De Vincent |
| 1997 | Our God's Brother · as The Stranger |
| 1995 | Ulysses' Gaze · as Cast |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Elek Zimanyi |
| 1995 | Wielki tydzien · as Councilman Zamojski |
| 1994 | The Deep Blue Sea · as Mr. Miller |
| 1994 | Fall from Grace · as Doctor |
| 1993 | East Wind · as Pułkownik Lew Czeko |
| 1992 | Le bal des casse-pieds · as Groboniek |
| 1992 | Coupable d'innocence ou quand la raison dort · as Ottenhagen |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Mr. Miller |
| 1990 | Korczak · as Henryk Goldszmit Vel Janusz Korczak |
| 1990 | Monsieur · as Kaltz |
| 1989 | Rouge Venise · as Antonio Vivaldi |
| 1989 | Deux · as Walkowicz |
| 1988 | To Kill A Priest · as Bridge Player |
| 1988 | Les années sandwiches · as Max |
| 1986 | Mit meinen heißen Tränen (TV Series) · as Kajetan |
| 1986 | I Hate Actors · as Hercule Potnik |
| 1986 | The Summer of the Samurai · as Gerhard Krall |
| 1985 | Angry Harvest · as Cybulkowski |
| 1985 | Les lendemains qui chantent · as Marcel |
| 1984 | Dangerous Moves · as Le Grand Maître Felton - L'équipe De Fromm |
| 1983 | Danton · as Maximilien Robespierre |
| 1982 | The Inn · as Rudy Josełe |
| 1982 | Daimler-Benz Limousine · as Bogdański |
| 1980 | Olimpiada 40 · as Otto Schultze |
| 1980 | Golem · as Prisoner |
| 1979 | Aria dla atlety · as Siedelmayer, Dyrektor Cyrku |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum · as Fajngold |
| 1979 | Hospital of the Transfiguration · as Marglewski |
| 1978 | Ziemia obiecana (TV Series) · as Moryc Welt |
| 1977 | The Gorgon Case · as Profesor, Biegły Sądowy Podczas Procesu W Krakowie |
| 1976 | Motylem jestem, czyli romans czterdziestolatka · as Redactor Oswald |
| 1976 | The Shadow Line · as Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Obrazki z zycia · as Jerzy Wojciechowski |
| 1975 | Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Recht |
| 1975 | Man of 40 (TV Series) · as Gay |
| 1975 | The Promised Land · as Moryc Welt |
| 1974 | Gniazdo · as Mieszko I |
| 1973 | Wesele · as Journalist / Stanczyk |
| 1972 | Pilatus und andere - Ein Film für Karfreitag · as Jeszua Ha-Nocri |
| 1972 | The Devil · as Stranger / The Devil |
| 1967 | Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as Ozep |
| 1953 | Television Theater (TV Series) · as Abel Znorko |