Jacek Romanowski
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 9, 1951
Place of Birth: Kraków, Poland
Known For
Backwards
Inspired by real events, the story of a young mother of an autistic boy, whose long-term persistence and struggle with bureaucracy and human heartlessness led to significant changes in the Polish education system.
Tomorrow, We're Going to the Movies
Three high school graduates prepare to start the next chapter of their lives, but the outbreak of World War II may derail their dreams forever.
Katyn
On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz
Inspired by true events, a story of a blind grand piano genius. As a child Mietek loses his sight. His mother places him in the care of the nuns in Laski. At the centre for the blind the boy discovers that music may be his way of seeing the world again and of describing it. Mietek goes on to become a brilliant classical pianist. Once he discovers jazz music, though, he has only one goal left: to become the best jazz pianist in Poland. He is more and more successful, not only in Poland but around the world. He wins the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Unexpectedly, a charismatic vocalist, Zuza, walks into his life. This meeting will change it forever.
Mug
After fun-loving metalhead Jacek is disfigured in an accident at work, he becomes the first person in Poland to receive a face transplant. This leads to his status as a media spectacle and martyr, all while battling ensuing identity issues as a consequence.
Our Folks: The Beginning
Pawlak and Kargul – the protagonists of the cult-favourite trilogy “Our Folks” – had been neighbours in a village in Podolia before they ended up in the Recovered Territories. Even then, it was one explosive neighbourhood.
We Haven't Lost Our Way
The life of a woman and a man at a crossroads - in two separate stories that perhaps have something in common. Ewa is an English teacher and translator, but she is hired as a caregiver for an elderly lady, whom she is to entertain with reading and conversation. Eryk works at a university, but is more interested in helping those in need rather than in literature, which - just like his quick temper - causes him a lot of problems. They both have difficult personalities and feel that they don’t get as much from life as they deserve. There could be more points of contact - a shared past or future?
Makbet
A theatrical performance of the Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theatre in Krakow recorded for TVP Kultura.
Płaszcz
Akaky Akakyevich Bashmachkin, a titular counsellor at one of the St. Petersburg offices, has been harassed and ridiculed by everyone for 33 years. For this gentle-hearted failure in life, his only dream is to own a coat, because as the owner of "the most beautiful coat in the world," he can finally feel equal to other people.
So-Called Humanity in Madness
A theatrical attempt to reconstruct the last, lost play by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. An amalgam of themes permeating the author's oeuvre.
Filmography
as Investigator
as Jaworski
as Oculist in the Town
as Dignitary
as Banquo
as Rector U. J.
as Ojciec Jerzego Bolesławskiego
as Kandelabrow
as Żeleński