Wojciech Pszoniak
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-05-02
Day of Death
2020-10-19 (78 years old)
Wojciech Pszoniak
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.
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Acting
Clergyman
as Man
(2017)
If You Saw His Heart
as Le polonais
(2016)
Eccentrics, the Sunny Side of the Street
as Felicjan Zuppe
(2015)
Carte Blanche
as Professor-Oculist
(2014)
To Life
as L'imprimeur
(2012)
Cassos
as Monsieur Lodz
(2011)
(2011)
The Rabbi's Cat
as Vastenov (voice)
(2011)
The Mole
as Stefan Garbarek, były kapitan SB
(2011)
The Winner
as profesor Karloff
(2011)
Black Thursday
as Władysław Gomułka
(2011)
Nie ten człowiek
as baron
(2010)
Mystification
as Pinno
(2010)
The Rite of Passage
as Major Trzaska
(2009)
Lesser Evil
as pacjent
(2007)
(2007)
Hope
as Benedykt Weber
(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
(2000)
Bajland
as Jan Rydel
(1997)
Our God's Brother
as The Stranger
(1997)
Pour l'amour d'Élena
as Souline
(1996)
Chicken Talk
as Grandfather
(1996)
(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)
Gawin
as Pierre / Xerkes
(1990)
Korczak
as Henryk Goldszmit vel Janusz Korczak
(1990)
Monsieur
as Kaltz
(1989)
Venetian Red
as Antonio Vivaldi
(1988)
To Kill a Priest
as Bridge Player
(1988)
The Devil
as Stranger / The Devil
(1988)
(1988)
Les années sandwiches
as Max
(1986)
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
(1983)
Austeria
as Rudy Josełe
(1983)
The Window
as Waiter
(1983)
Daimler-Benz Limousine
as Bogdański
(1982)
Spokojne lata
as Śliz
(1980)
Golem
as Prisoner
(1980)
Olympics 40
as Otto Schultze
(1979)
The Tin Drum
as Fajngold
(1979)
Hospital of the Transfiguration
as Marglewski
(1979)
Aria for an Athlete
as Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku
(1978)
Rekolekcje
as Marek
(1977)
The Gorgon Case
as Profesor, biegły sądowy podczas procesu w Krakowie
(1977)
(1977)
Ich czworo
as Mąż
(1976)
The Shadow-Line
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1976)
Convicted
as Ryszard Bielczyk
(1976)
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
(1972)
Pilate and Others
as Jeszua Ha-Nocri
(1971)
A Face of an Angel
as Tadeusz's Father