Andrzej Szczepkowski

Andrzej Szczepkowski

Born: April 26, 1923
Died: January 31, 1997
in Sucha Beskidzka, Poland

Movies for Andrzej Szczepkowski...

Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
Title: Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
Character: mecenas Górecki
Released: April 1, 1991
Type: Movie
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
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Citizen Piszczyk
Title: Citizen Piszczyk
Character: Fabian Tubalny
Released: January 16, 1989
Type: Movie
This film is a sequel to Munk's Zezowate Szczescie and it's much the same, only more so. The film begins in a cinema, where the last scenes of Zezowate Szczescie are being shown. Born unlucky, a victim of the errors and distortions of Stalinism, he is released in 1956. He meets a politically feverish woman, her influential parents, and finally becomes the father of her child. But bad luck, or perhaps an unlucky era, will not let him forget.
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Dotknięci
Title: Dotknięci
Character: Priest Karol
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Polish film directed by Wieslaw Saniewski.
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The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Title: The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Character: Kardinal Nenni
Released: December 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself.
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Rajski ptak
Title: Rajski ptak
Character: profesor
Released: November 22, 1988
Type: Movie
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Title: Królewskie sny
Character: Wołczko
Released: November 6, 1988
Type: TV
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The Young Magician
Title: The Young Magician
Character: Headmaster
Released: August 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A 12-year boy feels left out by his classmates because he has no interest in athletics. He finally discovers his calling when his parents take him to a magic show. Picked by the magician to be his helper during a trick he is drawn into the world of magic and wants to learn more. He becomes proficient in tricks and also discovers his telekinetic powers. Unfortunately that further alienates him from his peers and his parents are afraid of his powers. Things change when a national emergency arises and the government asks him to help. After success he becomes a hero and is accepted by all. Written by Polish Cinema Database.
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Sons and Comrades
Title: Sons and Comrades
Character: Thomson
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He meets with other Poles confined in the same camp, including several women, in whose he had romantic interests.
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Sekret Enigmy
Title: Sekret Enigmy
Character: Col. Gustave Bertrand
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Three Polish mathematicians are the first to crack the sophisticated Enigma code used by the Germans just before the Second World War. They build replicas of the Enigma machines and manage to get two of the machines to the British and French code-breakers before the German invasion of Poland in 1939; they ask that recognition be given to their work at the end of the war. After the invasion, the Polish cipher bureau escapes and continues their decoding in Algeria and unoccupied France.
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Title: Nights and Days
Character: Rejent Holszański
Released: February 26, 1978
Type: TV
Nights and Days is a family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic, and Bogumił Niechcic, against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dąbrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.
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The Gorgon Case
Title: The Gorgon Case
Character: Woźniakowski, obrońca Gorgonowej podczas procesu w Krakowie
Released: November 25, 1977
Type: Movie
In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of architect Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The daughter of Zaremba is found killed in her bedroom, obviously killed with a pickaxe. The police arrives and starts the investigation. Rita Gorgonova, the governess of the girl and also lover of Zaremba becomes the main suspect. Film based on real events - investigation and court trials of the most famous pre-war Polish murder case. Despite being historically accurate the movie is both involving and entertaining since the case was simple on the surface, but very complicated in details.
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Passion
Title: Passion
Character: Count Wodzicki
Released: March 14, 1977
Type: Movie
1846. Edward Dembowski takes part in the Krakow Uprising.
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Green, Bygone...
Title: Green, Bygone...
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A young landowner, fascinated by billiard, falls into the trap of gambling
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Nights and Days
Title: Nights and Days
Character: Rejent Wacław Holszański
Released: September 23, 1975
Type: Movie
Nights and Days is a family saga of Barbara Ostrzenska-Niechcic, (played by Jadwiga Baranska) and Bogumil Niechcic, (played by Jerzy Binczycki) against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one. The cinematographic version is a condensation of the 12 part award winning TV serial of the same title and using the same cast and producers.
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Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
Title: Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
Released: August 10, 1973
Type: Movie
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The Wedding
Title: The Wedding
Character: Nose
Released: January 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.
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Colonel Wolodyjowski
Title: Colonel Wolodyjowski
Character: Bishop Lanckoroński
Released: March 28, 1969
Type: Movie
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
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Hell and Heaven
Title: Hell and Heaven
Character: Franciszek
Released: September 19, 1966
Type: Movie
A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.
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Penguin
Title: Penguin
Character: Architect Paweł Bączek, Adaś's Father
Released: April 18, 1965
Type: Movie
A shy student falls in love and is involved in a kidnapping plot.
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A Lady from the Window
Title: A Lady from the Window
Character: Jan Heweliusz
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.
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Good Sins
Title: Good Sins
Character: Ignacy
Released: November 22, 1963
Type: Movie
A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.
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Mansarda
Title: Mansarda
Character: Stanisław Witkiewicz
Released: September 27, 1963
Type: Movie
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
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The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest
Title: The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest
Character: Ika's Father
Released: March 4, 1963
Type: Movie
A young boy and girl travel in a strange car and encounter various objects which come alive to help them. Eventually they leave the Earth altogether and visit a strange, new planet.
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The Two Who Stole the Moon
Title: The Two Who Stole the Moon
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishing net. But it is only the beginning of their troubles.
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I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
Title: I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
Character: Edmund Szyjka
Released: September 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.
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Story of the Golden Boot
Title: Story of the Golden Boot
Character: Bandit "Czarny Rafał"
Released: December 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.
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Drugi człowiek
Title: Drugi człowiek
Character: Marian Wolski
Released: October 19, 1961
Type: Movie
A man just released from prison protects a woman from a group of thugs while on his way home.
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Pan Anatol szuka miliona
Title: Pan Anatol szuka miliona
Character: Gang Leader
Released: March 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Mister Anatol investigates a gang of thieves looking after a young woman who has just won a lottery.
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Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru
Title: Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru
Character: Władysław Mącki
Released: November 14, 1958
Type: Movie
A shy lawyer tries to win the hand of a beautiful girl and hilarities ensue.
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Kalosze szczęścia
Title: Kalosze szczęścia
Character: Jester actor
Released: October 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Two fairies, Terencja and Felicja are in posession of the Lucky Rain Boots, which they intend to give to the most deserving person in the city of Kraków. However, they consistently fall into the wrong hands, creating a multitude of absurd and comedic situations.
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Rainy July
Title: Rainy July
Character: Wacek
Released: February 21, 1958
Type: Movie
A woman learns that her husband has cheated on her and decides to do the same.
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Kapelusz pana Anatola
Title: Kapelusz pana Anatola
Character: Gang Member
Released: November 11, 1957
Type: Movie
Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.
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The Computer King
Title: The Computer King
Character: Johann
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Marcin is an exceptionally gifted child - a computer genius. The enigmatic "Computer King" has therefore set his sights on him. He resides in the netherworld where he exercises his power over famous deceased scientists and artists. He's going to use them to snatch the young programmer away from the real world and into his own kingdom. Now every machine Marcin comes across may well be a bringer of his doom.