Personal Info
Birth date
1934-09-13 (90 Years)
Day of death
2009-07-14
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Warsaw, Poland
Also known as
Збигнев Запасевич
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Biography
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Filmography
More Than Life At Stake
8.1
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Stawka większa niż życie is a series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.Polskie drogi
7
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An epic, multi-threaded story about the fate of Poles during World War II. "Czas pogardy" was shown primarily from the perspective of two main characters - Lieutenant Władysław Niwiński and Leon Kuraś - a petty crook, but not without heroic traits. The authors of the series sought to show, in particular, everyday life under Nazi occupation in Poland.Dekalog
8.523
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Originally made for Polish television, “The Decalogue” focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time.Blind Chance
7.5
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Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.The Promised Land
7.3
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In nineteenth-century 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 is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.A Short Film About Killing
7.599
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Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.Decalogue V
7.9
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Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.Without Anesthesia
6.7
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A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.Passion
5
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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.The Story of Sin
5.7
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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.Pigs
7.1
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In good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to new post-communist environment where they are scorned and losing all the privileges. Some, like Franz, are like ordinary police fighting against drug dealers. But Franz would soon find that some of his friends are on the other side.Hospital of the Transfiguration
6.2
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Shortly after the beginning of World War 2 a young idealist doctor is employed in a psychiatric hospital, where his notions of proper care for the patients are challenged by staff and the German occupation.From a Far Country
3.9
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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.Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
7
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Tomasz, a doctor, and atheist, is diagnosed with cancer. His ex-wife offers him the money for treatment in Paris, but his lung cancer is past the operating stage. Facing imminent death, he questions the beliefs he has held all his life and starts experimenting with both his own life and those of others.Salvation
5.5
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A biology professor, Adam enters a hospital for observation. He is a loner and a serious-minded man, who dislikes any display of emotions. He spends three months in the hospital while being tested. After observing patients and hospital routines around him from a distance, he learns that he will need a kidney transplant. Meanwhile his personal and professional life is falling apart: he refuses his wife's offer to donate the kidney for him; the scientific problem he was working on has been solved elsewhere. In the end Adam cracks under the prolonged pressure, waiting for the sound of an ambulance bringing a moribund patient whose kidney may be used for the transplant.Fever
5.7
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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.The Maids of Wilko
6.5
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Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved with a family of five women who had been in love with him at one time though he had apparently loved only one, who, unknown to him, has died since his departure. The women are mainly disillusioned with life or estranged from husbands while the youngest has a crush on him.Imperative
5.5
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Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once more explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the expense of humanity in 1982's Imperative. The story concerns math professor Robert Powell, who feels that there is something lacking in his ever-so-precise life. What is missing is truth, specifically philosophical truth. Thus he philosophizes at great length, allowing director Zanussi plenty of room for didactic but little room for warmth. Leading ladies Brigette Fossey and Leslie Caron occasionally melt through the cold logic of Imperative.Idol
NYR
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In 1969 a young writer decides to write an essay on a well known Polish writer, who had to leave the country in the 50's, later living, working and dying in exile. He slowly assembles the character and even the exterior appearances of his idol until his own identity tragically disappears.Demons of War
6.4
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A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will also replace Keller as CO. When the camp's RTO receives a communication from a downed Norwegian chopper, Keller ignores his standing orders and leads a platoon to rescue the crew.The Deserters
7.2
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Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.A Year of the Quiet Sun
6.6
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Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...The Contract
5.3
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Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balks. Only slightly nonplused, the groom's father, a status-seeking doctor, decides to go ahead with the expensive reception anyway. Polish director Krzysz Zanussi uses this scenario to stick it to capitalist corruption, and to society's destruction of the individual spirit. Leslie Caron, the one recognizable member of the cast, is outstanding as a wealthy, over-the-hill ballerina who happens to be a kleptomaniac.Laura
6
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Laura is personnel manager in a hospital. Her father-in-law was a high ranking cadre, her mother-in-law is an influential functionary, it is only her husband - director of an archives - who is unfit for everything. Laura does not like to be home. During one of her rovings she meets her former classmate, who wants to break into the world of pop music with a new band.Acting
2009Revisited as Jakub Szalestowski
2007Hope as Franciszek's Father
2005Persona non grata as Wiktor
2002The Supplement as Doctor Berg
2001Marszałek Piłsudski (8 Episodes) as Józef Piłsudski (old)
2001Man of the Crowds as Wladimir Kalo
2000Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease as Tomasz Berg
1999The Biggest Quarrel as narrator
1999Tango as Stomil
1999Egzekutor as mecenas
1999Jak bóg Maior utracił tron as Narrator (voice)
1999Jak Gyom został starszym panem as narrator
1998Garby as narrator
1998Wojna z rzeczami as narrator
1998O sławnym człowieku as narrator
1998Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm as hrabia
1998Demons of War as Minister
1997Czerwona łata as narrator
1997Piękna twarz as narrator
1994Kordian as Ksiądz/Papież
1993Obcy musi fruwać as krytyk Przywilej
1992Pigs as senator Wencel, przewodniczący komisji weryfikacyjnej
1990Po upadku as Roman Ratajczak
1990Mistrz i Małgorzata (4 Episodes) as Pilat
1990Choinka strachu as pisarz Ryszard
1989Dekalog (1 Episode) as przewodniczący komisji adwokackiej
1989Decalogue V as Commission Chairman
1989Stand off as Unknown
1988A Short Film About Killing as Przewodniczacy Komisji
1987The Mother of the Kings as Wiktor Lewen
1987Blind Chance as Adam (1)
1987Laura as Unknown
1987The Fall as Unknown
1986The Deserters as kapitan Wagner
1986Will There Be a War as Unknown
1985...jestem przeciw as Ojciec Jacka
1985Idol as cenzor
1985Baryton as Antoni Domagała / Antonio Taviatini
1984A Year of the Quiet Sun as ubek
1982Imperative as Psychiatrist
1982The Contract as (uncredited)
1981Childish Questions as Więzień
1981From a Far Country as Mieczysław Kotlarczyk
1981Fever as Unknown
1981In Broad Daylight as "Siwy"
1980Kung-fu as docent Kwaśniak
1980The Trial as Block
1979Placówka as lector (voice) (uncredited)
1979Ways in the Night as Amadei
1979The Maids of Wilko as Julcia's Husband
1979Hospital of the Transfiguration as Rygier
1978Without Anesthesia as Jerzy Michałowski
1978Koty to dranie as Toluś Sypniewski
1978Ziemia obiecana (1 Episode) as Kessler
1978Passion as Jan Józef Tyssowski
1977Polskie drogi (3 Episodes) as Paweł Krajewski, antykwariusz
1977Ostatnie takie trio as Cygan
1977Camouflage as Jakub Szelestowski
1977Akcja pod Arsenałem as ojciec "Rudego"
1976Two for the Seesaw as Jerry
1976Con Amore as Professor
1976Mazepa as king Jan II Kazimierz
1976Pictures from Life as Manager
1976Tylko Beatrycze as Brother Andrzej / Narrator (voice)
1976Convicted as adwokat
1975The Story of Sin as Priest Jutkiewicz
1975Matylda's Birthday as Konrad
1975The Promised Land as Kessler
1973The Wicket Gate as Dramaturg Wiktor Zawadzki
1972Wyspy szczęśliwe as Kolega doktora, lekarz w poradni na lotnisku
1972Salvation as Adam Małecki
1971Behind the Wall as Jan
1971Kłopotliwy gość as Committee Member
1970Wawelski convuntus dowódców as Bolesław Wrymouth
1970A Chance as Zbyszek
1968More Than Life At Stake (1 Episode) as kapitan Karpinsky
1966Barrier as Fake Blind Man
1966Ktokolwiek wie... as TV Journalist
1966Sposób bycia as Protagonist's father
1964Rendes-Vous with a Spy as Captain Kres
1964Wiano as Priest
Directing
TBAOdprawa Posłów Greckich ... Director