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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The Tin Drum

Fajngold

Golem

Prisoner

Hope

Benedykt Weber

Performance

Mr Miller

Angry Harvest

Cybulkowski

Chicken Talk

Grandfather

Korczak

Henryk Goldszmit vel Janusz Korczak

The Wedding

Journalist / Stanczyk

Hospital of the Transfiguration

Marglewski

Przeprowadzka

Andrzej Nowicki

Danton

Maximilien Robespierre

Notturno

Kajetan

Monsieur

Kaltz

Convicted

Ryszard Bielczyk

Mystification

Pinno

The Shadow-Line

Conductor (uncredited)

The Rabbi's Cat

Vastenov (voice)

Chaos

Pali

Rekolekcje

Marek

Second life

le père de Vincent

Cassos

Monsieur Lodz

The Winner

profesor Karloff

Clergyman

Man

The Mole

Stefan Garbarek

Holy Week

Councilman Zamojski

Ostatni liść

Berman

Rosemary's Baby

Mr. Wees

If You Saw His Heart

Le polonais

The Pact of Silence

L'archevêque

The Rite of Passage

Major Trzaska

Austeria

Rudy Josełe

The Nest

Mieszko I

The Promised Land

Moryc Welt

To Life

L'imprimeur

Dangerous Moves

Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm

Strike

Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné

Judge

Daimler-Benz Limousine

Bogdański

Our God's Brother

The Stranger

Aria for an Athlete

Siedelmayer, dyrektor cyrku

The Window

Waiter

The Devil

Stranger / The Devil

Carte Blanche

Professor-Oculist

Viper in the Fist

Père Volitza

Robert Mitchum Est Mort

Spokojne lata

Śliz

To Kill a Priest

Bridge Player

Bajland

Jan Rydel

Eccentrics, the Sunny Side of the Street

Felicjan Zuppe

Oficerowie

Czesław Pieczur, teść Kalińskiego

Lesser Evil

pacjent

Gawin

Pierre / Xerkes

Pilate and Others

Jeszua Ha-Nocri

Olympics 40

Otto Schultze

Nie ten człowiek

baron

The Gorgon Case

Profesor, biegły sądowy podczas procesu w Krakowie

Ziemia obiecana