Personal Info
Birth date
1942-10-17 (82 Years)
Day of death
2016-11-10
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Jastrzębie Zdrój, śląskie, Polska
Also known as
J. Cnota
Jerzy Cnota
Biography
We dont have a biography for Jerzy Cnota
Filmography
Dom
7.5
Overview:
The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.Janosik
7.2
Overview:
Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor. The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer. There are 13 1-hour episodes.With Fire and Sword
6.9
Overview:
In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century.Passion
5
Overview:
The last days in the life of Edward Dembowski (1822-1846), the organizer of the Cracow Uprising in 1846. The informal leader of the uprising, determined to fight for the unification of Polish lands and the liberation of the peasants, negotiates with other politicians.Teddy Bear
7.9
Overview:
En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.Identification Marks None
NYR
Overview:
Drama about the period of F. Dzerzhinsky's activity in 1902-1905, when he, having escaped from the Viluysk prison, lived in Poland.Dead Man's Bounty
3.3
Overview:
A mysterious loner rides into a small town carrying the body of a sought-after outlaw. But after he gambles his bounty away in a card game with the sheriff, he must devise a scheme to reclaim the dead man.Kwiat paproci
NYR
Overview:
By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure buried by the participants of the ceremony. The film, completed in 1972 was shelved by the censors and believed lost until it was found and finally released in 2009.Laura
6
Overview:
“Laura” is based on a true story about a dramatic search and rescue mission at Halemba coal mine that gripped Poland in February of 2006. A miner was trapped underground, and by the fourth day when everyone was beginning to lose hope of his safe return, the rescue team heard a faint knocking on the pipeline. After a nearly a week long search, the miner was rescued. Those who followed the story closely called it a miracle. But the miner claimed that what saved him was stronger than a miracle – his love for his daughter Laura, and his wife Marlena.What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
7.4
Overview:
Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.Brunet Will Call
7.1
Overview:
Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.The Taste of the Black Earth
6.7
Overview:
During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands.A Bachelor's Life Abroad
4.3
Overview:
The action is set in the early 20th century. The film is made up of six sequences. In the first, Michal, young man who came from Poland to Germany, enrolls in a course on how to behave in social situations and on etiquette. However when he tries to approach girls using the rules which he's been taught... he only makes a fool of himself. Then, he goes to work for a man who owns a carousel and who loves to chase other women. In the next sequence, Michal meets the divorced landlady, Mrs. Luther, and goes through a whole lot of erotic experiences. When he escapes exhausted from his landlady, he starts working in a mine and visits brothels on a regular basis. He looks on women in a totally cynical manner. However, his persistent wandering must finally result in a true love.Dagny
2
Overview:
Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress and model. Than she ran into August Strindberg. They had a brief affair but after a couple of weeks Dagny left him for Stanisław Przybyszewski.Two Moons
5.6
Overview:
Panoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at the microcosm of its colourful inhabitants and visitors, Poles and Jews, the high society and the desperately poor.Janosik
7.5
Overview:
In the early 19th century, the legendary Tatra brigand Janosik defies the oppressive local nobility and Austrian troops by robbing the rich to give to the poor, becoming a folk hero among the peasants.Penelopy
2
Overview:
Beata, Bożena and Magdalena are waiting for their husbands-seamen in the Tri-City.Journey for One Smile
7.7
Overview:
Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey “for a smile,” hitchhiking and using every transport they can find.Grzeszny żywot Franciszka Buły
5
Overview:
The end of the 1930s. Wilek Lizoń, a true-blue Silesian, together with his troupe of actors and circus performers, stages a play in the courtyards of miners' tenement houses. The main character is Franciszek Buła, a figure from folk tales. Buła's story begins during the Silesian Uprisings. The courtyard artists present vivid images of Frank's school years, his work in the mine, his communist activities, his imprisonment, and his constant poverty. Fantasy mixes with reality.Pearl in the Crown
6.3
Overview:
When it is discovered that the Zygmunt mine in Upper Silesia has been deemed unprofitable and is to be closed by flooding, the miners go on strike and a violent demonstration ensues.How Far, How Near
6.4
Overview:
A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.Powołanie
6
Overview:
From January to October 2011, the shooting of Eugeniusz Klucznioek's new Silesian film entitled "The Calling" took place. "Vocation." Actors known from previous films of the series starred: Jerzy Cnota, Jerzy Haberstroh, Eugeniusz Kluczniok and others. Behind the camera, as usual, Miroslaw Ropiak.This time the theme of the film is hunting and gamekeeping.A Round Week
NYR
Overview:
Gustlik learns the magical world of Silesian legends listening to his grandfather's stories.Five and Half of Pale Joe
4
Overview:
A young journalist from Warsaw goes to a small town of Kamienica to prepare a report on a motorcycle gang.Acting
2013Cnota as Unknown
2012Tu jest fajnie as Unknown
2011Powołanie as Unknown
2010Laura as Unknown
2010Byzuch 2 as Pracownik
2009Bajzel po polsku as Jerzy
2009Kwiat paproci as Priest (voice) (uncredited)
2008Byzuch as Jerzy
2006Kant-Pol as Jerzy
2006Dead Man's Bounty as Town Folk 1
1999With Fire and Sword as przewoźnik na Dnieprze
1997Historia o proroku Eliaszu z Wierszalina as pielgrzym; nie występuje w napisach
1993Two Moons as Żyd Zośka
1993A Bachelor's Life Abroad as Miner
1989Penelopy as pijak
1988Famous Like Sarajevo as Dziurla
1988Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop as Śliwiński
1987Komedianci z wczorajszej ulicy as 'Ujek' Biernat
1985Przyspieszenie as Commissioner / Bosman
1985Fucha as Unknown
1983Blisko, coraz bliżej (7 Episodes) as Karwat, górnik, powstaniec śląski
1983Pełnia nad głowami as Kękuś
1981Teddy Bear as Unknown
1980Dom (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Czarnoszyjec, pracownik Siekierki (nie występuje w napisach), Czarnoszyjec, pracownik Siekierki, Czarnoszyjec
1980Grzeszny żywot Franciszka Buły as Wilek Lizoń, konferansjer elwrów
1979Identification Marks None as Comrade (uncredited)
1978What Will You Do When You Catch Me? as Truck Driver
1978Horizontal Landscape as Unknown
1978Passion as Unknown
1977A Round Week as Prawik
1977Charade as Unknown
1977Dagny as Unknown
1976Brunet Will Call as Man in a restaurant taking Roman for a fiancee's Father
1976Tylko Beatrycze as Tatar
1976Trzecia granica (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Janosik (13 Episodes) as zbójnik Gąsior
1974Janosik as Zbójnik Gąsior
1972A Slip-Up as Jerzy
1972How Far, How Near as Singer
1972Journey for One Smile as Hitchhiker (uncredited)
1972Pearl in the Crown as August Mol
1971Five and Half of Pale Joe as Zenobiusz's Killer
1970The Taste of the Black Earth as Euzebin