Michał Tarkowski

Michał Tarkowski

Born: July 11, 1946
in Warsaw, Poland
Polish actor, screenwriter and director, co-creator (together with Janusz Weiss and Jacek Kleyff ) of the cabaret group Salon Niezależnych. He received a diploma at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology in 1974, and in 1979 he graduated from the Directing Department of the Polish National Film School in Łódź . In the 1970s, he co-founded the Independent Salon cabaret. Then he mainly took up film activities. He is known mainly for roles in such films as Man of Marble and Wodzirej .

Movies for Michał Tarkowski...

Fear of Falling
Title: Fear of Falling
Character: lekarz pogotowia
Released: June 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Tomek leads a comfortable life as a TV anchor and family man when he receives a troubling message from the psychiatric hospital in his hometown: his father, whom he has not seen in years, has just been admitted. Against the advice of friends and family, not to mention his own better judgment, Tomek returns home to face the man he hardly knows. After a failed, guilt-ridden attempt to sell his father’s apartment, Tomek decides to make up for lost time. Kidnapping his aging father from the hospital, the two embark on a vacation to the mountains in an effort to restore some semblance of a relationship.
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Zero
Title: Zero
Character: Pedophile
Released: September 15, 2009
Type: Movie
A story about love and hatred, about those who cheat and who are cheated, about violence and sex and surprising secrets which we learn within these strange twenty four hours.
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Afera Mięsna
Title: Afera Mięsna
Character: Walenty Titkow
Released: October 29, 2007
Type: Movie
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Title: Kryminalni
Character: Bogdan Warski
Released: September 18, 2004
Type: TV
Kryminalni was a Polish crime drama television series that aired on TVN network from September 18, 2004 until May 24, 2008. It ran for 8 seasons and 101 episodes were broadcast in total. It was created by Polish director and screenwriter Piotr Wereśniak and produced by MTL Maxfilm studio. The series followed life and work of police officers from the elite Criminal Terror and Murders Division of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police; the title refers to police officers in the crime section. The three main characters were Adam Zawada, an experienced, tough cup, his younger colleague Marek Brodecki and Barbara Storosz, an ambitious female officer who in the first season joins the team just after graduating. Although none of the main actors had had star status before the series debuted, all three of them rose to prominence and popularity during the 5-year-long run. Many of Poland's best known actors guest starred, usually playing roles of people involved in just one particular investigation. The serial was one of the most popular in Poland: each week it had an audience of 4 million.
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W dół kolorowym wzgórzem
Title: W dół kolorowym wzgórzem
Character: Wiktor / Zośka
Released: September 16, 2004
Type: Movie
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Louder Than Bombs
Title: Louder Than Bombs
Character: Wieslaw
Released: September 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Set in a small Polish town, "Louder Than Bombs" tells the coming-of-age story of Marcin, a 21-year-old with a penchant for James Dean and The Smiths. After the death of his father, Marcin must contend with the funeral arrangements while hosting his buffoonish out-of-town relatives who disparage his small town life as a mechanic in his father's garage. In addition, Marcin must face the news that his lifelong girlfriend has decided to leave Poland to live in the U.S. If he doesn't act quickly, he may never see her again.
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Kanalia
Title: Kanalia
Character: "Pigularz"
Released: March 15, 1992
Type: Movie
A Russian investigator is demoted after a young PPS militia escapes from Poland and vows revenge.
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Hero of the Year
Title: Hero of the Year
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
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On, ona, oni
Title: On, ona, oni
Character: Andrzej (segments 2 and 3)
Released: December 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce.
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Fever
Title: Fever
Released: September 4, 1981
Type: Movie
The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters are committed anarchists. The bomb maker puts an invention together to place it at the disposal of young inexperienced terrorists fighting against Tsarist oppression. The story follows the passing of this bomb from anarchist to anarchist as several attempts are made on the life of Tsarist governor general, until, at the end, it is effectively and harmlessly defused by a bomb expert. The presence of the bomb has a destroying effect on all of the Polish revolutionaries, they either die or breakdown.
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Laureat
Title: Laureat
Character: Teofil Durski
Released: September 30, 1980
Type: Movie
Professor Borusiewicz receives a high state decoration, while family and friends await him at home.
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Kung-fu
Title: Kung-fu
Character: Antek
Released: March 17, 1980
Type: Movie
A well-regarded engineer in a big enterprise is hounded by trumped up attacks on his integrity when he delves too deeply into how bonuses are handled by the management. He gets into an argument with the guard, is arrested and subsequently fired. An old friend, a journalist, tries to sort things out but the victim's stubbornness and past problems with his wife lead to lossess by both.
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Poza układem
Title: Poza układem
Character: Gwiazda
Released: August 18, 1978
Type: Movie
The young speedway rider wants to represent the country in the world championship. However, the coaches choose another player.
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Top Dog
Title: Top Dog
Character: Romek Hawalka
Released: July 24, 1978
Type: Movie
An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything, including throwing mud at his best friend, to get a job he thinks will launch him into a better career.
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Man of Marble
Title: Man of Marble
Character: Witek
Released: February 25, 1977
Type: Movie
A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
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The Scar
Title: The Scar
Character: Michał Gałecki
Released: December 6, 1976
Type: Movie
When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan Bednarz is put in charge of it. This honest communist party man has to confront the local community opposing the construction.
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Personnel
Title: Personnel
Character: Sowa
Released: January 13, 1976
Type: Movie
Romek, an idealistc 19-year-old boy, takes a job as a tailor in the costume department of a Warsaw theater company where his new colleague, Sowa, is pressured to make a costume for an overbearing soloist.
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Slate
Title: Slate
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A short making-of from the set of Kieslowski's feature film "Blizna", which uses a lot the word "Action!" and the slate.