Cezary Żak

Acting

Cezary Żak

Born

1961-08-22 (65)

Place of birth

Brzeg Dolny, Dolnoslaskie, Poland

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 12 titles

It Takes a Village poster
5.2

When financial trouble forces Halina to call off her wedding, her friends and family decide to hatch a wild plan to bring in tourist money.

It Takes a Village

2026

The Doll poster
7.5

Wealthy merchant Stanislaw Wokulski falls tragically in love with beautiful yet vain Izabela Lecka. His unfulfilled love leads to many foolish decisions sealing his fate.

The Doll

2026

I Believe in Santa 2 poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Believe in Santa 2

2025

David and the Elves poster
6.1

Christmas is drawing near, but it’s not a happy time for David. After moving to a big city, his parents have been bogged down with work and forgotten the meaning of Christmas. David decides to change that. Together with Albert the Elf, who escaped from the land of Santa to figure out what Christmas is all about, David sets off to Tatra Mountains, where his grandparents live, on a journey full of adventures.

David and the Elves

2021

No Pressure poster
5.3

After being tricked into dropping everything to save her grandmother's farm, big-city chef Oliwia falls for a handsome farmer who's hiding a secret.

No Pressure

2024

Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman poster
4.4

Poland in the 80’s was a country ruled by crisis and a sense of hopelessness. Only few knew how to turn crisis into a business. It was a golden time for them. How did they know what would bring them money? How did they operate in a country where almost everything was forbidden?

Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman

2022

Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman 2 poster
4.0

The true story of Polish fortunes and the story of the heroes from the first part has its colorful continuation. Can business friends continue to trust each other when even more money is at stake? How were state-owned companies privatized, garnering millions into private pockets? Who was pulling the strings in free Poland? Even more mysteries. Human weaknesses.

Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman 2

2023

Gierek poster
4.5

A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people.

Gierek

2022

Krime Story. Love Story poster
3.8

A small-time thief and his best friend get hired to rob a wealthy businessman, but things start to go sideways once the job is done.

Krime Story. Love Story

2022

I Believe in Santa poster
5.2

Due to a violent snowstorm, Agnieszka is cut off from the rest of the world in a charming mountain cottage, and a mysterious and handsome man in a Santa Claus suit appears on her way. Five-year-old Zosia and her mother, despite their poor financial situation, are trying to prepare a traditional family Christmas Eve, and they can be helped by Robert – a lonely policeman on Christmas duty who, out of pure need of his heart, wants to do something good for someone. This magical time is also a chance for a man to spend Christmas again with his old love - provided, of course, the woman in his life finds a moment of peace, taking care of the crazy and unpredictable residents of the "Happy End" nursing home.

I Believe in Santa

2023

Fin del mundo? poster
NR

Waldi and his three sisters live in an old villa outside the city, and their 100-year-old parents, who died a few years ago, live in the basement. The whole family enjoys shared breakfasts and warm air, so Waldi does not discover supernatural powers in himself. Then unexpected guests draw the family into a secret plan, forcing their deceased parents to launch their connections in the afterlife.

Fin del mundo?

2024

The Power of Resistance poster
NR

Actress Olga's political idealism and hopes for a better tomorrow are put to the hardest test. The authoritarian, omniscient communist power decides to break the woman when her father is hospitalized and fighting for his life, and her husband is in custody. Olga must find herself in a new situation and make an impossible choice.

The Power of Resistance

2024

2000s · 7 titles

The Revenge poster
5.7

A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's son, Waclaw. On this day, the tongue-tied Cupbearer asks a braggart courtier, Papkin, to sue on his behalf for the hand of the widow Hanna. Papkin succeeds and

The Revenge

2002

Day of the Wacko poster
7.6

It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 49 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours' names. The worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living. He doesn't accept himself and even everyday contacts with others cause his aggression. Though constantly dreaming of a romantic love, he is not bold enough to make his dreams come true. The desperate Miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions, which have become so visible recently.

Day of the Wacko

2002

Ranczo Wilkowyje poster
5.6

Lucy and Kusy have to face quite a problem. From the States suddenly arrives Lucy's mysterious husband Louis. It turns out that their divorce was not fully carried out. Louis fights for his wife's lost feelings, he wants the girl to return to the US with him. Kusy removes himself into the shadows, but over time begins to suspect Louis of not very pure intentions. In the background, there is a clash between the cunning Czerepach, in the role of an auditor from the Chamber of Accounts, and the Village Head. Desperate, the Village Head, together with the entrepreneur Więclawski, who has won all tenders in the municipality for years, is plotting against his eternal enemy. The bench regulars are also preparing a surprise.

Ranczo Wilkowyje

2007

The World Is Waiting for Us poster
6.8

The film shows the gray reality of a Polish unemployed slacker still living (despite 30 on the neck) "on mommy's pot". Just what to do when one day she runs out? Where to get money for living?

The World Is Waiting for Us

2006

We're All Christs poster
6.5

Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish intellectual, has severe alcohol problems which affect his relationship with his son Sylwek.

We're All Christs

2006

Rajustopy poster
1.7

At a time of nascent capitalism, Peter made his fortune in the textile industry not only through his knowledge of fashion trends, but above all through his ability to establish close relationships with women. The life of a pantyhose manufacturer can sometimes be very funny. This is because they have opened the gates to paradise for him...

Rajustopy

2005

Kajko i Kokosz poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kajko i Kokosz

2006

1990s · 18 titles

Colonel Kwiatkowski poster
6.8

Military doctor Kwiatkowski, serving in a barracks hospital on the Western Territories, is rewarded with a week’s leave after successfully operating on Colonel Kiziora of the UB. He and his friend steal a truck bound for Warsaw, where among the ruins of his former home he meets his prewar neighbor Krysia, instantly falls in love, and, after a brawl with a Russian officer at a dance in the surviving “Polonia” hotel, pretends to be a high-ranking UB colonel to save face.

Colonel Kwiatkowski

1996

Nocne Graffiti poster
6.2

A hardened airborne instructor discovers his niece is drowning in drugs. When he confronts her dealer, the city’s crime bosses hit back hard. Beaten and warned off, Marek Kossot is ready to walk away - until he finds her overdosed and unconscious. Rallying his former soldiers, he launches a brutal private war against the narcotics mafia in a city where gangsters, politicians, and the law are all dangerously intertwined.

Nocne Graffiti

1997

Taekwondo poster
7.0

South Korean Kim lives alone in Warsaw, Poland, where he teaches taekwondo. His wife and daughter live in Berlin, just six hours away by train, but he's been traveling around Europe for 10 years and hesitates to even send a birthday card to his daughter. One day, he finds the bag of a woman, Yola (Eva Gabriluk), who has been pickpocketed, and the two become close. Another chance encounter with a delinquent young man, Mihau (Pavogiu Bourcik), brings them together, and they become an important part of Kim's life. Through Yola, Kim reconnects with lost feelings of love, and the always-flirtatious and unruly Mihau reminds him of his own restless youth...

Taekwondo

1998

Młode Wilki 1/2 poster
4.9

The second part of a story about young people entering adulthood in the harsh reality of predatory capitalism. The action takes place in 1994, a few months before the events of the first part.

Młode Wilki 1/2

1998

Anger poster
4.9

Two estranged brothers reunite in an isolated villa inherited from their late parents. Paweł, a successful businessman hiding from trouble, arrives with his fiancée, while his younger brother Piotr, a runaway from a juvenile detention centre, seeks refuge there. Their attempt to rebuild their relationship turns violent when a group of desperate criminals arrive, forcing the brothers into a fight for survival.

Anger

1998

Killer poster
7.6

An innocent cab driver is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs a "killer" for a few more jobs.

Killer

1997

Na planie nowego serialu "Miodowe lata" poster
NR

Preview and behind the scenes of the cult Polish series "Miodowe lata".

Na planie nowego serialu "Miodowe lata"

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Miodowe Lata od kuchni

1999

Wirus poster
3.9

An unknown terrorist infects computer networks with the most important institutions in the country with the virus. It paralyzes hospitals, trains, aircraft control system. Suspicions fall on Michal, a thirty-year-old IT genius and owner of a small computer company. Michal must prove he is innocent. He agrees to the proposal to cooperate with the prosecutor.

Wirus

1996

Fluke poster
6.1

Two broken, police, destruction of property by arson with an explosive charge, stealing a car. Not bad for one night! Such is the balance of Alex's eighteenth birthday - the main hero of the film.

Fluke

1999

Weekend Stories: Little Faith poster
5.8

A rational young man and his devoutly Catholic wife believe their sickly son may have leukemia. As they await further tests over a weekend they both struggle with a crisis of faith in both science and Catholicism.

Weekend Stories: Little Faith

1997

No artwork available
9.0

The protagonist of the film is a 12-year-old boy - Witek, the son of a small-town miller, a former entrepreneur who, after the war, holed up in a small town as a craftsman. The boy's mother is a beautiful and subtle woman, raising children and raising a home. Through the house of Witek's parents there is a gallery of picturesque characters who are perceived by the child warmly and with humor.

Home Chronicles

1998

Obcy musi fruwać poster
8.0

Berlin, 1990. At the invitation of his actor friends, who have already lived abroad for many years, Max, a Polish theater director, comes to Berlin. They begin to work together. They try to realize their dream: to stage a play, the staging of which was prevented by the imposition of martial law ten years earlier. The way they raise funds (selling pieces of the "historic" wall) and struggle against the heartless machinery of bureaucracy forms the axis of the film. In their efforts, the four protagonists are assisted by Regina, a translator familiar with local customs and practices. The film deals with the problems of artists in the new, commercializing reality.

Obcy musi fruwać

1993

No artwork available
7.0

Years later, Lena returns to Poland, accompanied by a French journalist, to learn the truth about her father.

Magneto

1998

Private Town poster
5.3

A town near Warsaw. A group of teenagers rules one of the courtyards: Ali, Pawik, and Małgośka, the object of both boys' fascination. A few years later, these same young people form a typical youth gang. Ali and Pawik gather around them a group of peers who have been unable to find their place in society and want to live an easy life. Robberies and thefts are their idea of a comfortable existence. A few more years pass and the gang transforms into a mafia. After the 1989 elections, it enters into deals with politicians. It also gets into a conflict with Russian gangsters.

Private Town

1994

Pułapka poster
4.8

An actor returns to Poland after 12 very unsuccessful years in the United States only to find himself entangled in a noirish situation reminiscent of California in the 1940s.

Pułapka

1997

I Love You poster
5.8

A literary critic's quest for love takes a hopeful turn when he runs into a woman from his past, but their turbulent quirks strain their new romance.

I Love You

1999

Prostitutes poster
4.7

In the life of Ula, a twenty-year-old very pretty girl, nothing good has happened so far. Poverty, her father an alcoholic abuser to his family, finally an illegitimate child, raised alone ...

Prostitutes

1998

Series credits

Ranczo poster
7.2

Ranczo ["Ranch"] is a Polish television comedy series, directed by Wojciech Adamczyk, that has aired since March 2006 on TVP1. It follows the story of Lucy Wilska, a Polish-American who has inherited her grandmother's country home in the fictional small town of Wilkowyje. She arrives in Wilkowyje intent on selling the cottage but, after seeing the charm of the village, decides to stay.

Ranczo

2006

The Chairman's Ear poster
7.5

The series follows the chairman of the ruling political party in Poland (Mr Chairman). The narrative takes place primarily in his office where, joined by his assistant Mariusz, he hosts numerous visitors, including government officials and other public office holders.

The Chairman's Ear

2017

Miodowe lata poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Miodowe lata

1998

Ekstradycja poster
8.1

One of the most important action series created during the transition period. It brilliantly and credibly portrays the realities of the 1990s and the work of police officers in a new reality, one in which entirely new criminal groups emerged – drug dealers and warring gangs.

Ekstradycja

1995

Go Ahead, Brother poster
7.2

A dismissed special ops officer struggles to adapt to his new role in retail security — until he spots a way to solve his financial troubles.

Go Ahead, Brother

2024

Gra z Cieniem poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Gra z Cieniem

2024

Echo serca poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Echo serca

2019

Oficerowie poster
5.1

No synopsis available yet.

Oficerowie

2006

Tajemnica Twierdzy Szyfrów poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tajemnica Twierdzy Szyfrów

2007

Ludzie Chudego poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ludzie Chudego

2010

Wszystkie pieniądze świata poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wszystkie pieniądze świata

1999

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gwiezdny Pirat

1998

Halo, Hans! poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Halo, Hans!

2007

How to Become Crazy Rich in Eastern Europe poster
3.0

Tired of just scraping by, an ambitious janitor scams and schemes his way to the good life in 1980s Poland amid changing regimes and personal chaos.

How to Become Crazy Rich in Eastern Europe

2023

Lawyer Porada poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Lawyer Porada

2021

Wojna Zastępcza poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wojna Zastępcza

2026

Całkiem nowe lata miodowe poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Całkiem nowe lata miodowe

2004

The Recipe poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Recipe

2021

Transformations Machine poster
6.0

Small children find magical machine and try to understand that the golden chicken is not a bird.

Transformations Machine

1995