Jan Tesarz
Acting
Biography
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Born: August 4, 1935
Place of Birth: Czechowice-Dziedzice, Polska
Known For
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.
Decalogue V
Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
Decalogue IV
A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceased mother, it seems to justify her attraction to Michał, who may not in fact be her father.
A Short Film About Killing
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
Samochodzik and Knights Templar
Pan Tomasz with his friends are looking a big treasure hidden by knights.
The Last Ferry
One of the passengers on a ship carrying Poles on a cruise in December 1981 is a dissident high school teacher sent abroad by Solidarity. He is under surveillance of the secret police, anxious to get their hands on the info that he is carrying. When the ship is in the middle of the Baltic sea, martial law is declared and the ship is militarized. The captain announces he will turn and return the home port. Many anguished passengers put the life vests on and jump into the sea, where they are picked up by two German ships. The teacher, however, decides to return to Poland and continue the struggle for freedom.
Colonel Wolodyjowski
In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Markheim
During a botched robbery, Markheim murders an elderly antique dealer. Consumed by guilt and confusion, he begins to lose his grip on reality until a spectral dog leads him to a mysterious figure who knows all his secrets. Based on the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Ostatnie dni
As the Polish Army continues its march into Berlin corporal Naróg is tasked with delivering important documents to the staff headquarters.
Victory
This film was created by combining and shortening the films Kierunek Berlin (Destination Berlin) and Ostatnie dni (The Last Days). It presents the final phase of the great offensive of 1945, which ended with the capture of Berlin, from the perspective of a private soldier of the First Polish Army.
Filmography
as właściciel sklepu monopolowego
as policjant Świda
as Henryk
as Chief of Police
as Zdeněk Pešan
as Taxi Driver
as Drunkard
as Waldemar Rekowski
as Taxi Driver
as Oswald Bocoń
as Waldemar Rekowski
as Intelligence Agent Impersonating a Gestapo Officer
as Nagniotek (voice)
as Joanna's Father
as Police Officer
as rozmówca Sawinkowa w warszawskim kasynie
as generał u Piłsudskiego
as prokurator oskarżający Kazanowicza
as 'Znicz' Chairman
as Stefan, brat Anki
as żołnierz
as brodacz
as Drunk
as Stedtke's Snitch ("I Know Who You Are") (uncredited)
as Soldier
as Chreptiów Soldier (uncredited)
as Soldier
as Marian