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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Acting
Movie
The Tin Drum
as Fajngold
1979
Movie
The Rabbi's Cat
as Vastenov (voice)
2011
Movie
Danton
as Maximilien Robespierre
1983
Movie
Viper in the Fist
as Père Volitza
2004
TV
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Wees
2014
Movie
The Devil
as Stranger / The Devil
1972
Movie
The Promised Land
as Moryc Welt
1975
Movie
Golem
as Prisoner
1980
Movie
Chaos
as Pali
2001
Movie
Dangerous Moves
as Le grand maître Felton - l'équipe de Fromm
1984
Movie
Carte Blanche
as Professor-Oculist
2015
Movie
Korczak
as Henryk Goldszmit vel Janusz Korczak
1990
Movie
Black Thursday
as Władysław Gomułka
2011
Movie
To Kill a Priest
as Bridge Player
1988
Movie
The Pact of Silence
as L'archevêque
2003
Movie
The Wedding
as Journalist / Stanczyk
1973
Movie
The Mole
as Stefan Garbarek
2011
Movie
Austeria
as Rudy Josełe
1983
Movie
If You Saw His Heart
as Le polonais
2017
Movie
To Life
as L'imprimeur
2014
Movie
Hospital of the Transfiguration
as Marglewski
1979
Movie
I Hate Actors
as Hercule Potnik
1986
Movie
Angry Harvest
as Cybulkowski
1985
Movie
Holy Week
as Councilman Zamojski
1995
