Zdzisław Kozień
Know for: Acting
Born: 1924-12-04
Place of birth: Kraków, małopolskie, Polska
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Man of Marble (1977)
A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell...
Sto koni do stu brzegów (1979)
World War II. Lieutenant Bogdan Mayer is tasked with delivering a sample of valuable metal alloy from Warsaw to London.
Freelancer (1987)
Piotr is a freelancing journalist in early 1980's Poland. One day, he comes across a curious case of a woman's death during work and the workplace's...
Przeklęta ziemia (1983)
Jan, the café pianist, comes from the countryside. The talented boy was taken care of by an old organist. Jan then studied at the...
Piętno (1985)
Józef comes to his hometown on the anniversary of the murder of his father - a peasant activist, and explores the circumstances of his death.
Republika nadziei (1988)
The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude...
Big Bang (1986)
A UFO lands at night in a typical Masovian village. The villagers feel honored and want to be as hospitable as possible for the unexpected alien...
Polowanie na Króla Lira (1993)
A couple of Warsaw actors come to a small town to play in a play staged there. When one of them disappears, the theater director begins a private...
Smak wody (1980)
Maria does not understand her husband. The woman goes to the family home where her sister lives.
An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill (1983)
Drama about historical figure Barbara Radziwiłł, her romance with King Sigismund II August, her death and her posthumous return to Vilnius.
Polonia Restituta (1981)
A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in...
Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop (1988)
An ordinary man has to do constant favors for other people in order to reserve a place for himself in a queue.
Environs of a Quiet Sea (1983)
Captain Roman Markowski is a sailor. One day, after returning from the sea, his ex-wife calls him. It turns out that their son has disappeared. It...
Rancho Texas (1959)
Two zootechnics students, Jacek and Marek, come to the Bieszczady (it's the Polish "Wild West"). Looking for a holiday adventure and income, they...
The Palace (1980)
Set in 1944. A shepherd boy enters an abandoned palace he has seen only from the distance since he was a boy. Once he enters the palace, strange...
Trzy stopy nad ziemią (1986)
Set in the 70's. A young man decides that after dropping out of school, going to the army is not for him. He decides to become a voluntary miner. He...
Before the Day Breaks (1977)
A boy escapes from a reformatory, but comes again into conflict with the law. During a robbery he hits a woman with a bottle on the head. He is...
Jan (1984)
The writer Jan Kellert - the author of the widely known book "The Legend of the Vistula", which is part of the canon of pre-war middle school...
Przypadki Piotra S. (1982)
The pupil of the orphanage is entering adulthood.
The Golden Mahmudia (1987)
Two youngsters vacationing at the Black Sea sneak onto a mysterious ship and spy the peculiar activities of a treasure-seeking crew. They are...
Alabama (1985)
Polish film directed by Ryszard Rydzewski.
Coded Message for the Boss (1979)
Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of...
A Small Town Love Affair (1977)
The young protagonist, Elżbieta, grew up in a small town bourgeois house. She rebels against the town's atmosphere and imagines that a love...
Convicted (1976)
A man is tried in court for failing to help his brother to avoid suicide.
Quiet Is the Night (1978)
A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. The police comissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home,...
Follies of Miss Eva (1985)
From the popular series of Polish books by Kornel Makuszynski comes this charming comedy following the misadventures of Ewa, who tries to right the...
Wściekły (1980)
Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with...
Merry Christmas (1977)
Two men go to Warsaw to sell Christmas trees and meet old friends.
Sonata marymoncka (1988)
Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland.
Powrót po śmierć (1987)
One June evening, a Krakow prostitute nicknamed Rączka is accosted by a bloody man who wants to spend the night with her. The girl agrees, but...