Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 18, 1928
Place of Birth:
Godów, śląskie, Polska
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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
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Disgrace | The Grandfather |
| 2019 | Aktor Pana Boga | |
| 2017 | Son of the Snow Queen | Kazimierz |
| 2014 | The Heart and Sweetheart | Droselmajer |
| 2013 | Cnota | |
| 2007 | Ranczo Wilkowyje | Stacho Japycz |
| 2006 | Jasminum | święty Roch |
| 2006 | The Eighth Day of the Week | Jeromos |
| 2004 | Miracle in Cracow | Rabin Lewi |
| 2001 | Requiem | Bartłomiej |
| 2001 | Quo Vadis | Apostle Peter |
| 2000 | Syzyfowe prace | Józef, servant |
| 1998 | History of Cinema in Popielawy | Wujo Janek |
| 1996 | The Story About Master Twardowski | pustelnik Albertus |
| 1996 | Szabla od komendanta | Kotek |
| 1995 | The Man Who Reads Music From The Plates | Marczyk |
| 1994 | Thanks for Every New Morning | Olga's Dad |
| 1994 | Johnnie Waterman | Jancio Wodnik |
| 1994 | Miraculous Place | pustelnik |
| 1993 | The Case of Bronek Pekosinski | ksiądz Michalski |
| 1993 | Two Moons | Szulim |
| 1993 | Pograbek | Kaczuba |
| 1992 | Ördög vigye | Jambus Ármin |
| 1992 | Apricots in the Baskets | Dimosthenis |
| 1992 | The Land Beyond the Rainbow | Großvater |
| 1992 | Squadron | Błażej |
| 1991 | Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe | Banasik |
| 1990 | Potyatusok | Mariusz |
| 1990 | Do domu | Szymon's father |
| 1990 | Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg | Papa |
| 1990 | Burial of a Potato | |
| 1990 | Memories of a River | Ansel Vogel |
| 1990 | Kein Wort von Einsamkeit | Georg Tresser |
| 1988 | Famous Like Sarajevo | God (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Jadup and Boel | Unger |
| 1988 | Thief | Ojciec |
| 1987 | Friend of the Jolly Devil | Witalis |
| 1987 | The Faithful River | Szczepan |
| 1987 | The Mother of the Kings | Cyga |
| 1987 | Rykowisko | stary Szałaj, ojciec Wiktora |
| 1987 | Powrót po śmierć | Siewka |
| 1986 | Wcześnie urodzony | Józef Chrobak |
| 1986 | Big Bang | Stasiek Skrzypek |
| 1986 | The Girls of Nowolipki | Mossakowski |
| 1986 | Chrześniak | Strzykalski, ojciec chrzestny Purowskiego |
| 1986 | Memoirs of a Sinner | Logan |
| 1986 | Axiliad | |
| 1985 | Sprawa się rypła | Ludwik Placek |
| 1984 | La Dame Blanche de Wieliczka | |
| 1983 | Pełnia nad głowami | Andrzej |
| 1983 | Na odsiecz Wiedniowi | Ibrahim Pasha |
| 1983 | An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill | Piotr Boratynski |
| 1983 | Fariaho | Sebastian Fußberg |
| 1983 | Austeria | Tag |
| 1982 | The Lynx | Stelmach Alojz |
| 1982 | The Linnet | Old Man / God in Kaziuk's Dream |
| 1981 | Ciosy | Franciszek |
| 1981 | Wäre die Erde nicht rund... | |
| 1980 | Racławice. 1794 | prezentujący polityczny teatrzyk kukiełkowy |
| 1980 | The Beads of One Rosary | Jerzy Habryka |
| 1980 | The Beads of One Rosary | Jerzy Habryk |
| 1979 | Wiśnie | Ludwik Grępka |
| 1979 | David | |
| 1979 | Placówka | Józef Ślimak |
| 1979 | The White Mazurka | Walery Wróblewski |
| 1978 | Somosierra. 1808 | Andrzej Niegolewski |
| 1978 | The Woman Across the Way | Simon Schmidt |
| 1977 | A Round Week | Karol Kostka |
| 1977 | Budapest Tales | Énekes |
| 1976 | The Scar | Stefan Bednarz |
| 1976 | Slate | Himself |
| 1976 | Gold Duck | |
| 1975 | The Promised Land | Müller |
| 1975 | Till Eulenspiegel | Ritter Kunz |
| 1975 | Grzech Antoniego Grudy | |
| 1974 | The Deluge | Old Kiemlicz |
| 1974 | The Nest | Mrokota |
| 1974 | Dark River | wójt Mateusz |
| 1973 | The Peasants | Priest |
| 1973 | The Wedding | Czepiec |
| 1973 | Lazarus' Whims | |
| 1973 | Kareta | Gunman |
| 1972 | The Sun Rises Once a Day | Haratyk |
| 1972 | Through Nine Bridges | Father |
| 1972 | The Cask of Amontillado | Fortunato |
| 1972 | Punkt wyjścia | Jerzy |
| 1972 | Glass Ball | "King of Life" |
| 1972 | Pearl in the Crown | Hubert Siersza |
| 1971 | Hydro-Puzzle | Sailor |
| 1971 | Liberation: Battle for Berlin | Sergeant Pełka |
| 1971 | Przystań | Muraszko |
| 1971 | Legenda | Priest |
| 1971 | Kłopotliwy gość | Smiling Agent |
| 1971 | The Woodpecker | Edek Zdziebko (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Album polski | Franek |
| 1970 | A Hole in the Ground | Priest |
| 1969 | The Office | Priest from Sansisto |
| 1968 | Four Tankmen and a Dog Part One | Gustlik Jeleń |
| 1968 | Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Two | Gustlik Jeleń |
| 1968 | Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three | Gustlik Jeleń |
| 1968 | Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Four | Gustlik Jeleń |
| 1968 | Tramp or the Only and Incomparable Lenny Jacobsen | Josef |
| 1968 | Matthew's Days | Mateusz |
| 1967 | Where Is the Third King? | Marczak |
| 1967 | Skinny and Others | Tomasz Waliczek "Kosa" / "Scythe" |
| 1966 | Bigos | Franek Lalik |
| 1965 | Late Afternoon | Janusz |
| 1965 | Back to Life Again | Grajewski's Cellmate |
| 1965 | The Saragossa Manuscript | Pacheco |
| 1965 | Walkover | Sports Organiser |
| 1963 | Skąpani w ogniu | Józef Poczobutt |
| 1963 | Good Sins | Eustachy Topór |
| 1963 | Their Everyday Life | Danysz |
| 1962 | Nad rzeką | Resistance fighter |
| 1962 | Hospital | |
| 1962 | Drugi brzeg | Stefan |
| 1961 | All Souls' Day | Heniutek |
| 1961 | April | Pvt. Anklewicz |
| 1961 | Mother Joan of the Angels | Odryn |
| 1958 | Kalosze szczęścia | Nurse in a mental hospital (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Lost Feelings | Man with trumpet (uncredited) |
| 1955 | A Generation | German Soldier on Patrol (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Hotel pod żyrafą i nosorożcem | Franciszek Alba |
| 2006 | Ranczo | Stacho Japycz |
| 2003 | Quo Vadis | |
| 1995 | Die Straßen von Berlin | |
| 1983 | Blisko, coraz bliżej | Franciszek Pasternik |
| 1981 | Ród Gąsieniców | Franek Gąsienica, syn Pawła; Izydor Gąsienica, syn Józka |
| 1979 | The Great Runaway | Herr Warga |
| 1978 | Ziemia obiecana | Muller, ojciec Mady |
| 1971 | Doktor Ewa | Zalewski, przewodniczący Rady Narodowej |
| 1966 | Four Tank-Men and a Dog | Gustlik Jeleń |