Jerzy Zelnik

Jerzy Zelnik

Born: September 14, 1945
in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland

Movies for Jerzy Zelnik...

Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Title: Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
Character: Sidonius
Released: January 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father Augustine of Hippo. The piece tells the story of his life from a teenager to his death at the age of 69.Much of the content for the scenes of him as a young and middle-aged man come from his Confessions, which is probably the earliest extant autobiography.
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Chopin: Desire for Love
Title: Chopin: Desire for Love
Character: Mikołaj Chopin, ojciec Fryderyka
Released: March 1, 2002
Type: Movie
The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
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Magneto
Title: Magneto
Character: Józef Magneto
Released: August 4, 1998
Type: Movie
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Deborah
Title: Deborah
Character: Kuba Burstein
Released: November 7, 1995
Type: Movie
In a small Polish town in the summer of 1939, a married painter and a young Jewish woman begin an affair. Based on the novel by Marek Sołtysik.
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Gospel According to Harry
Title: Gospel According to Harry
Character: Jameson
Released: May 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Karen and Wes's marriage is crumbling apart - like a sandcastle. Karen can't even make love to her husband any more - the sand has managed to get everywhere. Harry, a tax collector, is a witness to this marriage falling apart.
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Pigs 2: The Last Blood
Title: Pigs 2: The Last Blood
Character: Sarzyński, były minister spraw wewnętrznych
Released: April 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Franz Maurer, a compromised cop, former officer of the criminal department of the Warsaw's police, is released from prison where he was doing time for his brutality and murders. He is awaited by Nowy, a former police colleague. Franz tries to go straight starting hard work in a steel mill. Nevertheless, he must leave the factory as a criminal with an uncertain past when he doesn't join the strike organized by the workers' union. At the same time, a merciless war continues in former Yugoslavia. Wolf and William, two high rank officers, come to Poland in order to organize a network selling and smuggling arms to Yugoslavia by way of Albania.
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Szuler
Title: Szuler
Character: Victor Moritz
Released: March 10, 1994
Type: Movie
The year is 1750. Europe is in a ravaged state following a plague. Victor Moritz and Rufolf de Sevre are gamblers, frequenters of elegant casinos and fashionable brothels. Rudolf is a young aristocrat, charming and charismatic. His degenerate behavior has an animal intensity. Victor, though leading the life of libertine, remains to one side. He is a man of a refined taste despite his low birth and buys his noble title thanks to his gambling skills. Victor and Rudolf have been inseparable friends for years. Then two young, beautiful and innocent people - a brother and sister - enter their life...
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Przeklęta Ameryka
Title: Przeklęta Ameryka
Character: Ryszard
Released: March 11, 1993
Type: Movie
Zbyszek Butryn returns to Poland from exile to help win the Solidarity elections. His children, staying in orphanages, who intend to find him, learn about his father's return.
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The Return of She-Wolf
Title: The Return of She-Wolf
Character: Kamil Orzelski
Released: October 26, 1990
Type: Movie
A young couple arrives to the palace, where years ago the Countess Julia, She-Wolf was terrorising its inhabitants. Soon the ghost of the Countess attacks the fiancée.
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The Last Ferry
Title: The Last Ferry
Character: Andrzej
Released: December 1, 1989
Type: Movie
One of the passengers on a ship carrying Poles on a cruise in December 1981 is a dissident high school teacher sent abroad by Solidarity. He is under surveillance of the secret police, anxious to get their hands on the info that he is carrying. When the ship is in the middle of the Baltic sea, martial law is declared and the ship is militarized. The captain announces he will turn and return the home port. Many anguished passengers put the life vests on and jump into the sea, where they are picked up by two German ships. The teacher, however, decides to return to Poland and continue the struggle for freedom.
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And the Violins Stopped Playing
Title: And the Violins Stopped Playing
Character: Danko Muler (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
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Głód serca
Title: Głód serca
Character: Janusz Boreczny
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Medium
Title: Medium
Character: Andrzej Gaszewski
Released: October 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact a murder ritual that took place 36 years earlier.
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Write and Fight
Title: Write and Fight
Character: Writer
Released: September 23, 1985
Type: Movie
A young journalist is arrested for freethinking ideas and placed in a cell with a famous safe-breaker and a former cleric, who murdered his mistress' husband.
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An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill
Title: An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill
Character: Zygmunt II August
Released: March 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Drama about historical figure Barbara Radziwiłł, her romance with King Sigismund II August, her death and her posthumous return to Vilnius.
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From a Far Country
Title: From a Far Country
Released: September 15, 1981
Type: Movie
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.
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Title: Królowa Bona
Character: królewicz / król Zygmunt II August
Released: December 24, 1980
Type: TV
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Title: Życie na gorąco
Character: Santiago Libero, asystent profesora Vireau
Released: March 3, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Ziemia obiecana
Character: Stein, pracownik kantoru w fabryce Grunspana
Released: May 21, 1978
Type: TV
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The Dancing Hawk
Title: The Dancing Hawk
Character: Zatorski
Released: January 20, 1978
Type: Movie
"The Dancing Hawk" refers to the son of a peasant who senses he can climb to the job in troubled times by playing his cards right. His slavery to work match his ambitions, and gradually he reaches the social position he desires. But the costs have included a dehumanized soul and a loss of a moral conscience. People have had to pay for his advancement, including those nearest to him. The downfall is equally painful: either imprisonment or the easy wasy out are offered as the alternatives.
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Widows' Nest
Title: Widows' Nest
Character: Carlos
Released: December 1, 1977
Type: Movie
The arrival of some unwanted visitors interrupts the peaceful Cuban home life of sisters Dolores, Carmen and Elvira, as their presence stirs up unwelcome memories.
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The Shadow-Line
Title: The Shadow-Line
Released: September 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent spirit of the previous captain, the young man must cope with their superstition as well as the conspicuous absence of much-needed medicine.
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Znikąd donikąd
Title: Znikąd donikąd
Released: August 15, 1975
Type: Movie
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The Story of Sin
Title: The Story of Sin
Character: Łukasz Niepołomski, miłość Ewy
Released: June 3, 1975
Type: Movie
A beautiful Polish girl whose lover has gone to Rome to seek a divorce from his previous wife travels around Europe in search of him and suffers a variety of tragic adventures as the men around her try to fit her into their own selfish schemes.
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The Promised Land
Title: The Promised Land
Character: Stein
Released: February 21, 1975
Type: Movie
The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Władysław Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion shown through the eyes of one Polish town.
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Her Return
Title: Her Return
Character: Edward
Released: February 11, 1975
Type: Movie
An industrialist's wife announces that she is leaving him, but returns shortly after and tells him that she will only stay with him for appearances. This causes the industrialist to rethink his life choices.
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Hipoteza
Title: Hipoteza
Character: narrator / Professor N.
Released: October 31, 1973
Type: Movie
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Scorpio, Virgo and Sagittarius
Title: Scorpio, Virgo and Sagittarius
Character: Jan 'Kapucyn'
Released: February 13, 1973
Type: Movie
Poetically shown story of love, passion, loyalty, betrayal of trust, and death. Three young friends travel round Poland and do the living acting out religious scenes and selling holy photo images at church fairs. Problems appear right after the theft of their camera.
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Droga w świetle księżyca
Title: Droga w świetle księżyca
Character: Julian Starzeński
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
The story is set in 1830s, shortly after the November Uprising in Poland. Julian, a young man with artistic interests, comes back home from abroad, where he studied history of art and anatomy. He wants to visit his father and meet his new wife, Katarzyna. Julian's mother died 6 years ago and although her husband promised her that he will never get married again, he broke this oath. The woman's ghost has not abandoned the house and is waiting for the punishment for her unfaithful spouse. It also influences Julian, who falls for his attractive stepmother. The doomed events constantly lead to a tragedy, which is about to happen…
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Bolesław Śmiały
Title: Bolesław Śmiały
Released: October 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Portrays the power struggle between the king of Poland, Bolesław the Bold, and the Bishop of Kraków, Stanisław Szczepanowski.
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Pilate and Others
Title: Pilate and Others
Character: Juda from Kiriat
Released: March 29, 1972
Type: Movie
The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to death. This biblical story is set in present-day Germany.
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Kamizelka
Title: Kamizelka
Character: Filip
Released: September 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Anna tries to prevent her husband suffering from tuberculosis.
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Pogoń za Adamem
Title: Pogoń za Adamem
Character: aktor grający w filmie Zawady "Adama"
Released: December 22, 1970
Type: Movie
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Landscape After Battle
Title: Landscape After Battle
Character: American Commander
Released: September 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury their tormentors they find alive. Then they are herded into other camps as the Allies try to devise policy to control the situation. A young poet who cannot quite find himself in this new situation, meets a headstrong Jewish young girl who wants him to run off with her, to the West. He cannot cope with her growing demands for affection, while still harboring the hatred for the Germans and disdain for his fellow men who quickly revert to petty enmities.
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Shifting Sands
Title: Shifting Sands
Character: Anka's boyfriend
Released: April 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A 12-year-old boy (Gregorz Zuchowicz) and his father embark on a fishing trip where the boy hopes to get to know his father better. When a young woman leaves her boyfriend after a quarrel, the father invites her along on the trip. The boy's hopes of a father-and-son retreat are shattered when it becomes obvious dad is after more than fish. The girl's boyfriend finally returns for the girl as the son watches the two men face off from his position above on a sand dune. Sadly, the boy goes off by himself to fish while his father is busy with other things in this drama of a boy's realization of the harsh realities of the adult world.
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Roly Poly
Title: Roly Poly
Character: Dr. Burton
Released: March 17, 1968
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem (Solaris). The main character, race car driver Ryszard Fox, is involved in many car accidents. After each car crash he gets a transplant for one or another internal organ. After a while there is a question: Who really is Ryszard Fox?
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When Love Was a Crime
Title: When Love Was a Crime
Character: Roman
Released: March 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler’s “racial purity” law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany.
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Pavoncello
Title: Pavoncello
Character: Servant
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. Bored with his company, she looks for amusement and casual affairs.
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Pharaoh
Title: Pharaoh
Character: Ramesses XIII / Lycon
Released: March 11, 1966
Type: Movie
Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.
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Teenager
Title: Teenager
Character: Fredek (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relatives and gets herself in various trouble.
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Osiemnaście
Title: Osiemnaście
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie