Henryk Machalica
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Henryk Machalica.
Born: June 18, 1930
Place of Birth: Chybie k. Cieszyna, śląskie, Polska
Known For
Przyłbice i kaptury
Pogranicze w ogniu
Calling 07
The series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
The Book of Great Wishes
Following a fire at an orphanage, the kids are moved into a seniors' home. A young girl tries to befriend and cheer up an elderly man who is full of regrets at the end of his life.
The Lynx
Set during the German occupation of Poland during WWII. A priest in a small village meets a revolutionary who is on an assignment to kill a supposed Nazi collaborator.
Woman in a Hat
A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Ewa lives on her own, occasionally visiting a famous old actress to talk about theatre, taking care of a poor neighbor, and fights her sophisticated mother rejecting the truth about her beloved father, who died an alcoholic.
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
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.
An Immoral Story
Told as a film within the film, the story concerns an aging actress. Ewa is a flamboyant, pushy actress whose career and love life have come to a dead end. She lives in a faceless housing development. She is totally engrossed in herself and dreams of making a comeback as a singer. But her overbearing personality time after time sets her into conflict with those she tries to work with in the theater and her bedroom.
Deserter's Gold
"Deserter's Gold", the sequel to the very popular "The Deserters", is a rich war comedy, skipping humorously around the more serious dangers of a war. Deserters Gold takes place during World War II, while the first film happened during WWI. The heroes' mission is to rob a Nazi-run bank in Poland for gold that will buy military supplies for the Polish Underground.
Daimler-Benz Limousine
Two brothers living in 1939 Poland decide on a whim to steal the limousine of a German consul. The seemingly small act of youthful rebellion will have massive ramifications on the two, each dealing with the aftermath in their own way - one resorts to art, the other to direct political action.
Filmography
as hrabia
as Henryk Rychter
as dowódca kosynierów
as profesor Strauss
as Aktor na próbie "Antygony"
as Felier
as 'Royal Ham' Manager (voice) (uncredited)
as Piotr's Father-In-Law (uncredited)
as Vasari
as Sigismund
as Major kozacki
as Mikołaj Trąba
as Prosecutor
as Jan Ziembiński
as Janicki
as Profesor Dębicki, nauczyciel na pensji
as Doctor
as Dr. Goldberg
as Headmaster
as Dziad Darus
as Wacław Niemojewski, marszałek Tymczasowej Rady Stanu
as adwokat Graliński, obrońca w procesie brzeskim
as Headmaster (uncredited)
as Smollka
as Gimnazjum headmaster
as John Cieplik
as Antoni
as Director