Wojciech Pszoniak
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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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Acted in
If You Saw His Heart
2017
as Le polonais
Eccentrics, the Sunny Side of the Street
2016
as Felicjan Zuppe
Carte Blanche
2015
as Professor-Oculist
To Life
2014
as L'imprimeur
Rosemary's Baby
2014
as Mr. Wees
Nie ten człowiek
2011
as baron
The Mole
2011
as Stefan Garbarek, były kapitan SB
Robert Mitchum Est Mort
2011
The Winner
2011
as profesor Karloff
Black Thursday
2011
as Władysław Gomułka
The Rite of Passage
2010
as Major Trzaska
Mystification
2010
as Pinno
Lesser Evil
2009
as pacjent
Hope
2007
as Benedykt Weber
Strike
2007
Oficerowie
2006
as Czesław Pieczur, teść Kalińskiego
Viper in the Fist
2004
as Père Volitza
The Pact of Silence
2003
as L'archevêque
Chaos
2001
as Pali
Bajland
2000
as Jan Rydel
Second life
2000
as le père de Vincent
Pour l'amour d'Élena
1997
as Souline
Our God's Brother
1997
as The Stranger
Chicken Talk
1996
as Grandfather
La chica
1996
Holy Week
1995
as Councilman Zamojski
The Deep Blue Sea
1994
as Mr. Miller
East Wind
1993
as pułkownik Lew Czeko
Guilty of Innocence
1992
as Ottenhagen
Gawin
1991
as Pierre / Xerkes
Korczak
1990
as Henryk Goldszmit vel Janusz Korczak
Monsieur
1990
as Kaltz
Venetian Red
1989
as Antonio Vivaldi
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Bridge Player
Les années sandwiches
1988
as Max
The Devil
1988
as Stranger / The Devil
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
1988
as Judge
Mit meinen heißen Tränen
1986
as Kajetan
I Hate Actors
1986
as Hercule Potnik
Angry Harvest
1985
as Cybulkowski
Dangerous Moves
1984
as Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
The Window
1983
as Waiter
Austeria
1983
as Rudy Josełe
Daimler-Benz Limousine
1983
as Bogdański
Danton
1983
as Maximilien Robespierre
Spokojne lata
1982
as Śliz
Olympics 40
1980
as Otto Schultze
Golem
1980
as Prisoner
Hospital of the Transfiguration
1979
as Marglewski
Aria for an Athlete
1979
as Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku
Ziemia obiecana
1978
as Moryc Welt
Rekolekcje
1978
as Marek
Rewizor
1977
The Gorgon Case
1977
as Profesor, biegły sądowy podczas procesu w Krakowie
Ich czworo
1977
as Mąż
I'm a Butterfly
1976
as Redactor Oswald
The Shadow-Line
1976
as Conductor (uncredited)
Convicted
1976
as Ryszard Bielczyk
The Promised Land
1975
as Moryc Welt
The Nest
1974
as Mieszko I
The Wedding
1973
as Journalist / Stanczyk
Pilate and Others
1972
as Jeszua Ha-Nocri
A Face of an Angel
1971
as Tadeusz's Father
Clergyman
as Man