Jacek Borkowski
Acting
Biography
Jacek Borkowski is a Polish actor and singer. He graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in 1980. He gained early recognition for his role as Marek in the film Blind Chance (1987). He is best known for his role as Piotr Rafalski in the TV series Klan (1997). His acting career includes performances at Teatr Ateneum in Warsaw, where he was a member from 1977 to 1999. Additionally, Borkowski has showcased his vocal talents, releasing albums such as "Śpiewak tanga" in 1995.
Born: April 16, 1959
Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland
Known For
Faustina: Love and Mercy
Docudrama tracing the life of Saint Faustina Kowalska, whose visions of Jesus Christ inspired the Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her the title of "Apostle of Divine Mercy".
Blind Chance
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Interrogation
In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials interrogate, torture and humiliate her, she fights for survival and to maintain her innocence by refusing to sign a false confession. As her years of imprisonment pass, her relationship with her captors grows more complicated.
Dom
The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
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.
Passage
Michail Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. The weather is lousy, his car breaks down and he forgot to buy a present for his 5th wedding anniversary. He jumps out of his car and finds some shelter in the entrance of a shopping mall. Attracted by a little girl he enters the mall, but once he's in, time and reality are no longer something to rely on.
Panny i wdowy
Prophet
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski's story sets the stage for the dramatic rise of Pope John Paul II and the fall of communism in Europe. Who is this prophetic man who battled evil and saw a son of Poland rising?
The Black Beach
An exhausted militant wants to take a break from the incessant frenzy surrounding him. His country’s dictatorship is on its last legs and chaos reigns. His wife Sylvie leaves their country for France. She writes about the new democracy struggling to be born back home. His daughter Joyce must hide out in the deserted childhood home in the solitude and infinity of the Black Beach. Several adversaries – the militia of a hazy regime in his native land and the Paris police – wage a strange game of chess in which he is the pawn. Threats abound and he’s haunted by his past, his fears, dead friends. He has three allies: his wife, his daughter, and an old girlfriend from his fighting days.
Filmography
as Kazimierz
as Tadeusz Zawadzki
as Hubert Krasnopolski
as Janusz Weber
as Dariusz Tomecki
as Teacher
as Piotr Rafalski
as Michal Forman
as dyrektor hotelu
as Brat Ewy
as Tom Butler
as Executioner
as Muller's Adjutant
as Marek (2)
as Michał Rajecki
as Kazimierz, syn pani Latter
as gestapowiec
as student (nie występuje w napisach)
as student
as student ZMP-owiec