Krzysztof Majchrzak
Krzysztof Majchrzak (born 2 March 1948) is a Polish film actor. His first part in a major production was in Andrzej Wajda's '' The Promised Land'' (1975). He has appeared in 30 films since 1975. He was nominated for an award as Best Actor for his role in '' Pornografia'' at the 2004 Polish Film Awards. Most recently, he appeared in David Lynch's ''Inland Empire The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County and Or ...'' (2006). Selected filmography References External links * 1948 births Living people Polish male film actors Male actors from Gdańsk {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdańsk lies at the mouth of the Motława River and is situated at the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay, close to the city of Gdynia and the resort town of Sopot; these form a metropolitan area called the Tricity, Poland, Tricity (''Trójmiasto''), with a population of approximately 1.5 million. The city has a complex history, having had periods of Polish, German and self rule. An important shipbuilding and trade port since the Middle Ages, between 1361 and 1500 it was a member of the Hanseatic League, which influenced its economic, demographic and #Architecture, urban landscape. It also served as Poland's principal seaport and was its largest city since the 15th century until the early 18th century when Warsaw surpassed it. With the Partition ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The End Of Civilization
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Living People
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1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) go into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – British rule in Burma, Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the 'Post-independence Burma (1948–1962), Union of Burma', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 – In the United States: ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified fl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Where Eskimos Live
''Where Eskimos Live'' () is a feature film released in 2002. It was a Polish-American-British and Germany co-operation. Sharkey, posing as a UNICEF rescuer of war orphans but really part of the sinister world of child trafficking, picks up Vlado, an orphan of war dreaming of freedom and a better life. They embark upon a strange and enlightening journey through war-torn Bosnia. As they struggle to leave the country and fight to stay alive, they discover love and compassion from which emerges moral and spiritual redemption. Cast * Bob Hoskins as Sharkey * Sergiusz Żymełka as Vlado * Krzysztof Majchrzak as Colonel Vuko * Marcin Dorociński as musician on christenings * Przemysław Sadowski as deserter * Katarzyna Bargiełowska as crying woman * Mirosław Baka as principal * Szymon Bobrowski as physician * Jarosław Boberek as truck driver * Marek Kasprzyk as head of the Russian mafia * Tomasz Dedek as member of the Russian mafia * Bronisław Pawlik as old man in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Quo Vadis (2001 Film)
''Quo Vadis'' is a 2001 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz based on the 1896 book of the same title by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was Poland's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. Plot The central plot in the movie revolves around the love of a Roman patrician, Marcus Vinicius, towards a Christian girl (coming from the territory of modern-day Poland) set against the backdrop of the persecutions against Christians during the reign of Nero. In the beginning, Lygia, a Christian and hostage of Rome, becomes the object of Vinicius' love but she refuses his advances. Vinicius' friend Petronius tries to manipulate Nero, who has authority over all Roman hostages, to give Lygia to Vinicius, but Lygia is taken into hiding by Christians. Marcus Vinicius decides to find her and force her to be his wife. He goes to a Christian meeting along with Croton, a gladiator, to find her. After following her from the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Axiliad
''Axiliad'' () is a 1986 Polish drama film directed by Witold Leszczyński. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Edward Zentara as Janek Pradera * Ludwik Pak as Peresada * Daniel Olbrychski as Michal Katny * Ludwik Benoit as Wasyluk * Wiktor Zborowski as Young Batiuk * Krzysztof Majchrzak as Kaziuk * Franciszek Pieczka as Forester See also * List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Poland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film on a regular basis since 1963. The Oscar is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion pict ... References External links * 1986 films 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yesterday (1985 Film)
''Yesterday'' is a 1985 Polish drama film directed by Radosław Piwowarski. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Piotr Siwkiewicz as Pawel Mitura 'Ringo' * Anna Kaźmierczak as Ania * Andrzej Zieliński (actor), Andrzej Zieliński as John * Krzysztof Majchrzak as Biegacz * Krystyna Feldman as Ciotka * Henryk Bista as Dyrector * Waldemar Ignaczak as George * Robert Piechota as Paul * Stanislaw Brudny as Ksiacz See also * List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links * 1985 films 1985 drama films Polish drama films 1980s Polish-language films Films set in Opole Voivodeship The Beatles in film Polish-language dr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Konopielka
''Konopielka'' is a 1982 Polish drama film directed by Witold Leszczyński.Jan Lewandowski. 100 filmów polskich. Videograf II // 2004 Cast * Krzysztof Majchrzak − Kaziuk Bartoszewicz * Anna Seniuk − Handzia * Joanna Sienkiewicz − Nauczycielka Jola * Tomasz Jarosiński − Ziutek * Jerzy Block − Józef * Franciszek Pieczka − Dziad / Bóg * Jan Paweł Kruk − Dunaj * Tadeusz Wojtych − Domin * Sylwester Maciejewski Maciej Sylwester Maciejewski (born 10 July 1955 in Żyrardów, Poland) is a Polish actor, with roles in many films. In 1978, Maciejewski graduated from Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza in Warsaw. His wife, Barbara, was involved in t ... − Żołnierz w motorówce References External links * 1982 drama films 1982 films Polish comedy films Films based on Polish novels Polish black-and-white films {{Poland-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Inland Empire (film)
''Inland Empire'' is a 2006 experimental film, experimental psychological thriller film written, directed, and produced by David Lynch in his final directional feature film before his death in 2025. Released with the tagline "A Woman in Trouble", the film follows the fragmented and nightmarish events surrounding a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood actress (Laura Dern) who begins to take on the personality of a character she plays in a supposedly cursed film production. It was completed over three years and shot primarily in Los Angeles and Poland. The process marked several firsts for Lynch: the film was shot without a finished screenplay, instead being largely developed on a scene-by-scene basis; and it was shot entirely in low-resolution digital video by Lynch himself using a handheld Sony DCR-VX1000, Sony camcorder rather than traditional film stock. The film was an international co-production between the United States, France, and Poland. The cast includes such List of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Lynch was often called a "visionary" and received acclaim for David Lynch filmography, films distinguished by their Surrealist cinema, surrealist and experimental film, experimental qualities. In a career spanning more than five decades, he received List of accolades received by David Lynch, numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 and an Academy Honorary Award in 2019. Lynch studied painting and made short films before making his first feature, the independent body horror film ''Eraserhead'' (1977), which found success as a midnight movie. He earned critical acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director for the biographical drama ''The Elephant Man (1980 film), The Elephant Man'' (1980) and the neo-noir mystery ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |