Zdzisław Leśniak

Acting

Zdzisław Leśniak

Born 1930-12-13 · Borysław, Polska (obecnie Ukraina)

Acting credits

Kanal poster
7.7

In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.

Kanal

1957

No artwork available
10.0

A young nurse only has one ampule of medicine. She is faced with the dilemma of which of the two patients to save.

Decyzja

1960

The First Day of Freedom poster
6.5

Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. After a doctor's daughter is raped by a concentration camp worker, the Poles allow her and her father to stay in the house that is their temporary quarters. While waiting to be repatriated, the war-weary group is forced to fight some German soldiers who invade the town. The war brings out conflicting emotions of the Poles who find themselves trapped in the house and once again under fire from the enemy.

The First Day of Freedom

1964

No artwork available
NR

A grotesque about avid smokers, unable to quit their addiction.

Mirror

1976

Around the World with Bolek and Lolek poster
6.6

Animated film about two young boys, Bolek and Lolek, who seek to fulfill the last will of Phileas Fogg who decided that his inheritor would be the one who made an identical round the world journey as he had done, using the means of transport generally in use in the nineteenth century. As they journey round the world, a bad character named Jeremiah tries to foil their attempts.

Around the World with Bolek and Lolek

1977

No artwork available
NR

A nobleman and his servant have many misadventures together.

Kareta

1973

Barrier poster
6.8

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

Barrier

1966

Little Hamlet poster
5.5

Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

Little Hamlet

1960

Unloved poster
5.2

The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.

Unloved

1966

Abel, Your Brother poster
6.1

A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences.

Abel, Your Brother

1970

Mniejszy szuka Dużego poster
NR

The protagonists of the film are two brothers - Smaller and Big, Filomena and the dog Klops. Big has problems at school, so he decides to run away from home. His brother decides to find him.

Mniejszy szuka Dużego

1976

No artwork available
5.0

A popularity-hungry young journalist writes a sensationalist article on a supposed teen suicide club.

Liczę na wasze grzechy

1964

Bad Luck poster
6.8

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.

Bad Luck

1960

I ty zostaniesz Indianinem poster
8.0

Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.

I ty zostaniesz Indianinem

1962

Skinny and Others poster
7.0

A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears.

Skinny and Others

1967

A Cure for Love poster
7.4

An architect Joanna tells her friend Halina on the telephone about her love troubles and suddenly hears a nice man's voice: "The best cure for love is another love." Then she becomes a forgers dispatcher mistaken for Honorata by telephone and decides to work out a forgers secret and the secret of her new love Andrzej.

A Cure for Love

1966

Głos ma prokurator poster
8.0

A prosecutor takes on the case of a peasant accused of murder.

Głos ma prokurator

1965

Hell and Heaven poster
6.5

A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.

Hell and Heaven

1966

Gangsters and Philanthropists poster
6.8

The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.

Gangsters and Philanthropists

1963

New Year's Eve Adventure poster
9.0

A couple plans to spend a New Years Eve in a friend's empty apartment.

New Year's Eve Adventure

1963

Kryptonim Nektar poster
6.3

A journalist investigates a hot new drink that just hit the market.

Kryptonim Nektar

1963

Zawsze w niedziele poster
6.3

Three short stories depicting the adventures of athletes from various disciplines. Reserve goalkeeper Antoni gets a chance to play in a match as a substitute for his sick teammate. Hanka and Piotr, although they are in love with each other, only meet at competitions. Adam is the first to arrive in the town where the finish line of a cycling race is located. The residents celebrate his victory.

Zawsze w niedziele

1966

Meetings In The Dark poster
8.0

A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.

Meetings In The Dark

1960

No artwork available
5.5

An average notary finds a small fortune of coins hidden in his fireplace alongside a manuscript dating back 100 years.

Tysiąc talarów

1960

Behind the camera