Zdzisław Leśniak

Acting

Zdzisław Leśniak

Born — Died

1930-12-13 — 2002-09-22

Place of birth

Borysław, Polska (obecnie Ukraina)

Known for

Acting

Credits

42 titles

Known for

Janosik poster
7.2

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.

Janosik

1974

Kanal poster
7.6

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

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

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

Barrier poster
6.8

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

Barrier

1966

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

Film credits

1970s · 9 titles

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

No artwork available
NR

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

Mirror

1976

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

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

Ten okrutny, nikczemny chłopak poster
7.0

Romek is a boy whom nobody wants and who cannot find love in anyone. His mother has no interest in him at all. The boy gets under the influence of enterprising Janusz. This one teaches him to steal. During the first attempt, he is caught and puts in a juvenile court. The mother decides to take the opportunity to put him in an orphanage.

Ten okrutny, nikczemny chłopak

1972

Janosik poster
7.6

In the early 19th century, the legendary Tatra brigand Janosik defies the oppressive local nobility and Austrian troops by robbing the rich to give to the poor, becoming a folk hero among the peasants.

Janosik

1974

Opis obyczajów poster
10.0

A group of ethnography students meet the enigmatic Mruk family while doing an internship at the Świętokrzyskie Mountains.

Opis obyczajów

1973

Milion za Laurę poster
7.5

An antique guitar brings upon a series of increasingly fantastical encounters.

Milion za Laurę

1971

1960s · 26 titles

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

Barrier poster
6.8

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

Barrier

1966

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heat poster
6.6

Two Elderly Men are asked by the Prime Minister to take care of the city for one day. During this time, they have to deal with the heat, a diplomatic conflict, a love rivalry, and a lack of water. They do it in their style – with a song.

Heat

1964

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

No artwork available
NR

Newcomers from a foreign planet cannot find themselves in the earthly realities.

Martians

1967

Wycieczka w nieznane poster
7.0

A visit to Auschwitz changes the life of a young unambitious writer.

Wycieczka w nieznane

1968

Głos ma prokurator poster
8.0

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

Głos ma prokurator

1965

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

Teenager poster
6.7

A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relatives and gets herself in various trouble.

Teenager

1963

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

Ostrożnie yeti poster
3.8

Absurd gag comedy about a grotesque pursuit of a "snow man" allegedly imported to Poland. A box with a shipment from India, which was supposed to contain a yeti, turned out to be empty. The desperate professor tries to find it. He even gets into prison, from which, however, he escapes handcuffed with the thief. Meanwhile, the "snow man" begins to be considered the perpetrator of more and more crimes. Eventually, everything becomes clear. In the telegram notifying of the shipment, a word was twisted and hence the whole misunderstanding.

Ostrożnie yeti

1961

Glass Mountain poster
7.0

A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.

Glass Mountain

1960

Kryptonim Nektar poster
6.2

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

Kryptonim Nektar

1963

The Unknown poster
8.0

Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.

The Unknown

1964

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

Szczęściarz Antoni poster
6.7

A young public servant receives a house as a wedding gift, but upon arriving he finds only the doors, a military barrack and a tank hidden underground.

Szczęściarz Antoni

1961

1950s · 3 titles

Series credits

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