Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Acting
Biography
Olgierd Łukaszewicz (born 7 September 1946) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in over 60 films since his 1969 graduation from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków. Between 2002 and 2005, he was the President of the Polish Union of Stage Actors (Związek Artystów Scen Polskich).
Born: September 7, 1946
Place of Birth: Chorzów, śląskie, Polska
Known For
Der Salzbaron
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.
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.
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.
Johnnie Waterman
On the road wandering minstrel finds a mare, which, upholstered and sickly, is dying. He buries mare and casts a curse in the village where the animal was tortured. In the village lives Jańcio, a philosopher, a man loving life and his young wife, Weronka. Jańcio lives in harmony with God and is not expecting that he will be put to the test by him. He is convinced he has the power to make miracles. He leaves his pregnant wife, and goes to see the world, promising to return before the due date.
Wyklęty
In the 1940s, a small band of underground paramilitaries attempt to fight back against the Soviet-backed security ministry in post-war Poland. Determined to fight for their country's future, the group goes to extreme lengths to make their voice heard.
A Party for Ten, Plus Three
A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way.
Decalogue II
Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.
The Wedding
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
Filmography
as Aleksander
as Great-grandfather Marcin
as President
as Piotr Paweł Beniamin Szymański
as Henryk Tarkowski
as Mariusz Wimmer
as Self
as Faun Agrullo
as professor Dąbrowski
as generał Wilkosz
as 'Siwowłosy'
as Andrzej
as AK Commander
as Felicjan Dulski
as doktor Trojanowski
as Jakub Frank
as Cezary Rudzki
as Wiliński
as Witkiewicz
as Tadeusz Wenda
as (voice)
as generał Emil Fieldorf "Nil"
as Juliusz Prakseda
as Buttermann (uncredited)
as Priest
as Ojciec Krysi
as Karol Wojtyła padre
as Karol Wojtyla Snr.
as rotmistrz Bardior
as premier
as Czarodziej Stregobor
as Orgon
as Gałecki
as Regina's messenger #1
as Count Lachowski
as Leopold Kast, ojciec Maćka
as Edgar Szyller
as Marek Wawrowski
as Sir Aubray
as Roszinski alias Graf Pototzki
as Dziad
as Jan Matthys
as Lt. Col. Schwenke
as Konstanty Dziwisz
as Andrzej Geller
as Andrzej Geller (uncredited)
as Sendivius
as Andrzej Geller
as Franzel, syn Hansa Heinricha
as Pasikonik's Lawyer
as Andrzej Geller
as Andrzej Geller (uncredited)
as Doctor Kramer
as Paragraf
as Andrzej
as Franzel von Teuss
as Józef Odrowąż
as ksiądz
as słowacki dezerter z lasu
as Actor
as Prince Myshkin
as Wladyslaw Jelonki
as Albert Starski
as Henry III of Valois
as Otto von Furstenberg
as Andrzej
as Staszek
as (voice)
as Marek 'Leon'
as Kazimierz
as Ksiadz
as porucznik Alfred Kiekeritz
as Bischof
as Janusz Ostrzeński
as Juliusz Żwirski
as Wladyslaw Emeryk
as Janusz Ostrzeński
as Count Zygmunt Szczerbic
as Jan
as Ghost
as Jaś
as Stefek Zawada
as Waldek
as Actor Playing Żbik
as Władysław Zaborowski
as Stanisław
as Gabriel
as Skier (uncredited)
as Man