Jan Mayzel
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Jan Mayzel.
Born: January 5, 1930
Place of Birth: Milanówek, mazowieckie, Polska
Known For
4 Alternative Street
4 Alternative Street was a Polish comedy TV show that was finished in 1983 and aired in 1986 due to censorship. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in the mini series was a residential complex which is still in existence at 3 Grzegorzewska Street in Warsaw, Poland. The series was a satire to the communist rule in Poland, spoken in a way that it passed through communist censorship office.
Dekalog
Dekalog (pronounced [dɛˈkalɔk]) is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. Each installment explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they reside in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human.
Teddy Bear
En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.
Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
Nikodem Dyzma immigrates from the eastern part of Poland to the capital in the hope for possibilities to make a living. He is in need, very poor and forced to look for basic food and shelter. Yet, on a day when an unexpected invitation appears, his life changes dramatically.
Po upadku
A story of high-ranking party members from the 1970s embroiled in political deception.
Decalogue VII
As a high school student, Majka bore a child, Ania, whom Majka’s mother, Ewa, has been raising as her own. Now that Majka is ready for motherhood, Ewa refuses to let go, leading Majka to kidnap her own daughter, with unexpected emotional consequences.
Three Colors: White
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
Tato
Tato is the story of a divorced father fighting for the right to raise his 7-year-old daughter. When his marriage falls apart, he decides to kidnap his daughter rather than let the court award custody to his mentally ill wife, whom he deems unfit to raise their child. But as he quickly finds out, it’s easier to be a real man than it is to be a real father.
Adam's Two Ribs
An engineer comes home from abroad to his waiting wife. After some time, his second wife, an Italian one, joins him. For a small town, such a triangle will turn out to be unacceptable, especially since the spouses live peacefully under one roof.
Filmography
as Piotrek
as adwokat Buchacza, Jaskuły i Walerczaka
as gość na koncercie Chopina
as recepcjonista w hotelu "Polonia"
as Taksówkarz
as oskarżyciel Malaka na rozprawie w Sądzie Apelacyjnym w Łodzi
as Mine Foreman
as Man replacing a Tire (uncredited)
as archiwista
as Grzegorz
as Grzegorz
as Portier w "Victorii"
as dyrektor fabryki Cichockiego
as Kamasznik
as nauczyciel Kajtka Talara
as Walenty
as Man trying to pass the Gate
as Man In Tent
as Frenchman in Bar
as Director's Assistant (uncredited)
as Militiaman (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Leszek Nowicki
as Hanka's Boyfriend ("Alcoholmeter")
as Student (uncredited)