Leon Niemczyk
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Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish
actor
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Niemczyk appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his very long career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford
's The Teutonic Knights and Andrzej in Roman Polanski
's Knife in the Water
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Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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Niemczyk appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his very long career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford
Aleksander Ford
Aleksander Ford born Mosze Lifszyc was a Polish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union. Ford became director of the nationalized "Film Polski" company at the end of World War II...
's The Teutonic Knights and Andrzej in Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers."...
's Knife in the Water
Knife in the Water (film)
Knife in the Water is a 1962 Polish drama film directed by Roman Polański. It is Polanski's first feature film, featuring three characters in a story of rivalry and sexual tension.-Plot:...
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Selected filmography
- Ranczo (2006–2007)
- Inland EmpireInland Empire (film)Inland Empire, sometimes styled as INLAND EMPIRE, is a 2006 mystery film written and directed by David Lynch. It was his first feature-length film since 2001's Mulholland Drive, and shares many similarities with that film. It premiered in Italy at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2006...
(2006) - Boys Don't Cry (Chłopaki nie płaczą, 2000)
- The Last FerryThe Last FerryThe Last Ferry is a 1989 Polish drama film directed by Waldemar Krzystek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Krzysztof Kolberger - Marek Ziarno* Agnieszka Kowalska - Renata...
(1989) - O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of CivilizationO-Bi, O-Ba: The End of CivilizationO-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization is a 1985 Polish drama science fiction film written and directed by Piotr Szulkin.Starring Jerzy Stuhr and Krystyna Janda, the film takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where humans live in an isolated vault which is falling apart...
(O-bi, o-ba: Koniec cywilizacji, 1985) - Woman DoctorsWoman DoctorsWoman Doctors is a 1984 German crime film directed by Horst Seemann. It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Judy Winter as Dr. Katia Michelsberg* Inge Keller as Dr. Lydia Kowalenko* Walter Reyer as Dr. Riemenschild...
(1984) - The DelugeThe Deluge (film)The Deluge is the English title of the Polish film Potop, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1974. The film is based on the novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz...
(Potop, 1975) - KLK Calling PTZ - The Red OrchestraKLK Calling PTZ - The Red OrchestraKLK Calling PTZ - The Red Orchestra is a 1971 East German film about the history of the Red Orchestra espionage ring.-Plot:...
(1971) - Frozen FlashesFrozen Flashes (film)Die gefrorenen Blitze is a two-part 1967 East-German film...
(1967) - The Saragossa ManuscriptThe Saragossa Manuscript (film)The Saragossa Manuscript is a 1965 Polish film directed by Wojciech Has, based on the 1815 novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki. Set primarily in Spain, it tells a frame story containing gothic, picaresque and erotic elements...
(Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie, 1965) - Knife in the WaterKnife in the Water (film)Knife in the Water is a 1962 Polish drama film directed by Roman Polański. It is Polanski's first feature film, featuring three characters in a story of rivalry and sexual tension.-Plot:...
(Nóż w wodzie, 1962) - The Teutonic Knights (Krzyżacy, 1960)
- Night Train (Pociąg, 1959)
- Eighth Day of the Week (Ósmy dzień tygodnia, 1958)
- HeroismHeroism (film)Heroism is a 1958 film by Andrzej Munk. It is composed of two separate film novels, each featuring the Polish concept of heroism and a role of a hero.Eroica won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1959 Mar del Plata Film Festival....
(Eroica, 1958) - Man on the TracksMan on the TracksMan on the Tracks is a 1956 film by Andrzej Munk.Man on the Tracks was one of the first films of the so-called Polish Film School and as such influenced the whole generation of young directors who participated in the movement....
(Człowiek na torze, 1957)