Personal Info
Birth date
1944-02-13 (81 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
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Also known as
-Jan Peszek
Biography
We dont have a biography for Jan Peszek
Filmography
Still Here
5.9
Overview:
Polish drama series which follows the tragicomic adventures of a 40-year-old urban legend in Warsaw. He is a deeply complex character, an irresponsible party animal, a serial lothario and everyone’s friend at the same time. Behind the veneer he is tormented and self-loathing, trapped by his parents and shackled by the culture and the times that shaped him.Go Ahead, Brother
7.143
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A dismissed special ops officer struggles to adapt to his new role in retail security — until he spots a way to solve his financial troubles.Inheritance
5.273
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When their rich uncle passes, his mansion of intricate puzzles becomes the backdrop for his estranged family's quest to secure a portion of his wealth.Eminent Domain
5.9
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A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.Les Milles
5.8
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In the beginning of the Second World War, Germans, Austrians and persons without nationality living in France are sent to the concentration camp of Les Milles by France government. Commander Charles Perrochon is the responsible for this camp and he promises to the leaders of the prisoners to protect them from the Nazis. When France is invaded by the Germans, Commander Perronchon will disobey orders and his superiors trying to save these men. He gets a train, a ship and money from USA to send about eight hundred of these prisoners to the safety of Casablanca, in Marrocos.Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
6.1
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The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.Korczak
7.2
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The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.The Welts
6.8
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Following the death of his mother in '80s Poland, 12-year-old Wojciech has taken the brunt of his stressed father's frustrations with him; the boy frequently gets punished via belt. Wojciech's father occasionally tries to, instead, bond with him, but soon snaps back to his short-fused habits. Apart from Wojciech's friend Bartek, no one does anything to help. Jump to present day, Wojciech is a furrow-browed journalist who spends most of his spare time spelunking alone. Just like his father, he has serious anger management issues. Fellow caver Tania feels inexplicably attracted to him, but the love of a good woman may not be enough.Escape from the Liberty Cinema
6.1
Overview:
The screening of a movie "Daybreak" at the "Liberty" Cinema is interrupted by an unusual event - actors come to life on the screen, start conversations among themselves, draw the audience into them. Crowds gather around the cinema, the relevant authorities and services wonder what to do in this complicated situation. Also arriving is the censor, a man reaching his fifties, a one-time literary critic and journalist. The line between fiction and reality begins to blur.Influence
3.9
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"Influence" is a story about the key events of the Wielkopolska Uprising - a dramatic arrival of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań, and the people who prepared the uprising, fought in it and won. "Influence" uses the characteristics of action and thriller movies. Refers to the cinema era - German expressionism, and the atmosphere of the era - the pervasive sense of the end of old world and the birth of the new one, fear of change and at the same time striving for it.30 Door Key
5.6
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A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood during the brink of World War II. Based on the famous novel Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz.Ferdydurke
NYR
Overview:
Based on Witold Gombrowicz's novel of the same name, the film follows Prince Ferdinand's comical and existential escapades as he confronts societal pressures and absurdity in his quest for self-discovery.The King of Life
5
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Edward is a perpetually irritable man - snappish with his wife, impatient with his daughter, and distant from his elderly father - until a serious accident jolts him into abandoning his old life to rediscover his family and the world around him. Without traveling anywhere new, he remains in the same apartment and neighborhood, but sees everything and everyone with fresh, contagious happiness.Just Friendship
5.7
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A multi-layered, touching comedy about a group of friends whose relationships - in the face of life adversities - are exposed to more than one test. Filip risks his face and career for the whim of a crazy collector of Jadźka buttons. The sedate professor refuses his friend's indecent request, but he secretly kidnaps himself in a virtually reckless way. Meanwhile, a close-knit group of friends go to the mountains every year. There they discover a mystery that will change their lives forever. What will they choose? Loyalty or money? Friendship or love? Truth or lie? Own or other luck? Every choice for the heroes of the comedy "Just friendship" means trouble. Who will help them? We know: friends. Because friendship, like no other investment, always pays off.The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
6.813
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Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself.Dziadku, wiejemy!
NYR
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One day Grandpa Jeremi causes such a commotion in the retirement home that he is threatened with transfer to a psychiatric hospital. Marta, his daughter, agrees to take him in, although this is difficult for her, since Jeremi is unpredictable and has a vivid imagination. The situation is complicated by Jagoda, Marta’s daughter, who adores her grandfather and shares his crazy ideas. When Jeremi refuses to live with the family, Jagoda decides to take matters into her own hands. The girl and grandfather embark on an adventurous journey to the legendary ship Light of the Sea.Amok
6
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A man is murdered, but the person responsible avoids being discovered and arrested. A few years later a police inspector suspects he has found evidence in a newly-published book entitled "Amok".King Ubu
7
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A grotesque Shakespearean tale of Ubu who comes to power in a bloody way. When his absurd reforms fail and the treasury gets empty, Ubu and his flatterers start implementing terror across the country.Polish Shit
2.5
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Reactivated music band "The Transistors" sets off for a tour organized by their new manager, debt collector Czeslaw Skandal. Their bus is driven by a friend, Stan Gudeyko, - once a leader of the legendary punk-rock formation "Yperite". On their tour, musicians will encounter many hardships and disappointments, which will put their friendship and patience to the test. They will soon discover that Skandal is cast from a different mold - knows shit about music and has a completely different hobby. Furthermore, the declining music industry is not a place strewn with roses - the cards are dealt here by a mysterious sect of "Showbizians"…Clergyman
NYR
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In 2011, a psychiatric patient is visited by a postulate. The patient is a retired head of the "D" Group – a secret department of the Security Service to fight against the Polish Catholic church. Murders, beatings, blackmails, provocations, robberies, those are standard methods of operation for its officers. The postulate wants to unravel the mystery of the death of priest Roman Kotlarz, a parish priest from Pelagow.Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach
6
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During the "winter of the century," impatient passengers wait for the train to arrive at the station in Koluszki. Railway communications are disrupted. At the same time, a train is stuck in snowdrifts near Koluszki. The atmosphere in its carriages is cheerful. Some passengers, who are in a hurry to connect to other stations, get off and walk to the station in Koluszki. Among them is Andrzej Roszak, a young man rushing to Warsaw, and probably his peer Basia. Shortly after them, Mr. Walerek, a political activist who was on his way to a ball at the Central Committee, Mr. Rozbicki and his wife, who had just returned from a contract in Iraq, Matyjak, a television star, journalist Przoniak, and others arrive at the station in Koluszki. At the deserted station, the passengers efficiently organize a New Year's Eve party. During the revelry, the participants gradually reveal their hidden complexes, frustrations, and hopes.Julius
5.5
Overview:
An organised arts teacher has only one main problem in life, which is his father – a painter always going from one party to the next. When the father lives through his second heart attack and still refuses to change his lifestyle, Julius will have to find a way to influence his behaviour.Acting
TBAHitler Is Truly Dead as Unknown
TBAClergyman as Man
2025Dziadku, wiejemy! as Jeremi
2024Go Ahead, Brother (4 Episodes) as Bogdan
2024Inheritance as Władysław Fortuna
2024Film for Aliens as Edward
2023Miało Cię nie być as Physician
2023Still Here (2 Episodes) as Tadeusz Czepułkowski
2022Letters to Santa 5 as Wuj Maurycy
2021Wrong Approach as Dziadek
2021The Passage as Motocyklista
2020Królestwo kobiet (8 Episodes) as Jerzy Szpak
2018Julius as Juliusz Chlebowski senior
2017Amok as Profesor Horowitz
2017Just Friendship as Unknown
2016Stanisław Lem: Autor Solaris as Prof. Rappaport / S. Lem (voice)
2015Web Therapy (2 Episodes) as Tadeusz Nowotarski
2015The King of Life as Profesor "Chacha"
2015Influence as Tytus Ceglarski
2014Polish Shit as Roman Bloom
2009Gwiazda Kopernika as professor Novarra (voice)
2008Figo Fago as Fago (Damian Pałocion)
2007Tajemnica Twierdzy Szyfrów (13 Episodes) as Hans Kunze
2005Boża podszewka. Część druga (3 Episodes) as profesor Witold Romahn
2004The Welts as Editor-in-Chief
2004SPAM as Unknown
2004King Ubu as Ubu
2002Eucalyptus as Unknown
2001Marszałek Piłsudski (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Listy miłosne as Jerzy
1998Darmozjad polski as Juliusz
1997The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui as Arturo Ui
1997The Day of the Big Fish as Jan
1997Nocne graffiti as Rafał Nowak
1996A Gentle Creature as lekarz
1995Ekstradycja (1 Episode) as priest
1995Les Milles as Alexander Hazenfoeder
1994Death as a Slice of Bread as Major WP
1994Straszny sen Dzidziusia Górkiewicza as Hrabia Jaromir
1992Panny i wdowy (2 Episodes) as aktor Stanisław Chmurka, mąż Eweliny, ojciec Zuzanny
1992Guilty of Innocence as Kaltfish
1991The Reformatory as Wygon
1991V.I.P. as Jan Ramusz
1991Panny i wdowy as Stanisław Chmurka
199130 Door Key as Młodziak
1991Eminent Domain as Piuro
1991Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe as ojciec gwardian w klasztorze w Niepokalanowie
1991Wedding Guests as Unknown
1990Escape from the Liberty Cinema as Raskolnikow
1990Farewell to Autumn as Count Lohoyski
1990Korczak as Max Bauer
1990Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach as Horacy
1989Upstairs, Downstairs as Eustachy
1988The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober as Strozzi (voice)
1988Bermuda Triangle as Ludwik Włodarski
1988Swan Song as Stefan Dziedzic
1987Private investigation as Marek
1986Ferdydurke as Józio
1986Ferdydurke as Józio
1985Zapomniany diabeł as Ichturiel / Proboszcz
1985Write and Fight as Sykstus
1985Pierwsza miłość as Father
1983Ostrze na ostrze as Stanisław Zgurski
1980Podróż do Arabii as Unknown
1979Epizod as Unknown
1976Żelazna obroża as Journalist (credited as Janusz Peszek)
1972Szerokiej drogi, kochanie as Man By Post Office
1970Signs on the Road as Bakalarzewicz