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