Zbigniew Sawan
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Zbigniew Sawan.
Born: April 14, 1904
Place of Birth: Woskresienówka, gubernia kurska, Rosja
Known For
Nuremberg Epilogue
Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.
More Than Life At Stake
A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
Janosik
Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor. The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer. There are 13 1-hour episodes.
Dom
The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Operation Arsenal
In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, teenage scouts Alek, Rudy, and Zośka risk their lives pulling down a swastika and hoisting the Polish flag atop the German “Zachęta” cultural center and then blowing up a mobile propaganda cinema.
The Ashes
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.
Aria for an Athlete
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength seriously, eventually defeating a name wrestler in a fair match. Angered circus manager fires him; he leaves happily due to two wrestler brothers who were harassing him. The wrestler goes on to fame, performing in the world's top arenas, and one day is serenaded by a tenor from the crowd. Fame brings him women and admirers but he is uncompromising on his profession. He has his revenge on one of his tormentors defeating him in the ring. One day, attending a game in a tuxedo, he is challenged by another of the brothers and drawn into a brutal game, in course of which he kills his opponent. Thus his career ends.
The Catastrophe
A young designer is tormented by remorse after a viaduct of his design collapses.
Hydro-Puzzle
Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero known as As.
Black Diamonds
Engineer Nawrat, together with the mining crew, takes up the fight to save the local mine from being taken over by foreign capital.
Filmography
as Parson
as profesor, pacjent w klinice Langa
as Clemenceau
as Skarbek
as Antoni, szlachcic
as Władek
as The Accused
as Porter (uncredited)
as Leiter der Raumstation Luna Nord
as generał Inteligence Service, przełożony Nicholsa
as Hanka's Father
as Krzysztof's Father
as Nawrat