Andrzej Zaorski

Acting

Andrzej Zaorski

Born — Died

1942-12-17 — 2021-10-31

Place of birth

Piaski k. Lublina, Polska

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Dom poster
7.3

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Dom

1980

More Than Life At Stake poster
8.0

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.

More Than Life At Stake

1968

Doktor Ewa poster
9.0

Doctor Ewa Lipska, an attractive young woman just after graduation, with interesting professional prospects for the future, chooses the job of a village doctor. Brought up in a big city, she settles in the small town of Międzybórz in the Łódź Province. She is forced not only to overcome the daily difficulties resulting from medical practice in a rural health center, but also to learn to talk to people of a different mentality and gain the trust of her patients.

Doktor Ewa

1971

The Doll poster
7.8

The story of Stanisław Wokulski, a wealthy merchant who falls in love with a haughty aristocrat, Izabela Łęcka. Causing a misalliance in the late nineteenth century Warsaw. Young Wokulski is forced to work as a waiter, while dreaming of a life in science. After taking part in the failed uprising, he is sentenced to exile in Siberia. Upon return to Warsaw, he becomes a salesman. Marrying the late shop owner's widow, he becomes rich, He uses his money set up a partnership with a Russian merchant, met in the exile. The two makes a fortune supplying the Russian army. Wokulski falls in love with Izabela, daughter of the bankrupt aristocrat. In his quest to win her, he ventures theatres and aristocratic salons. To help her financially distressed father, he founds a company with the aristocrats as shareholders. Wokulski ability to make money is respected, but his lack of social rank is often brought. Izabela eventually accepts his affection, but without true devotion or love.

The Doll

1978

The Night of the Generals poster
6.8

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

The Night of the Generals

1967

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zezem

1976

Film credits

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 10 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

Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach poster
6.4

A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area's pagan past still have a hold on the population.

Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach

1970

Heaven on Earth poster
6.0

Polish sappers try to prevent Wehrwolf soldiers from blowing up a chemical factory.

Heaven on Earth

1970

Nuremberg Epilogue poster
8.7

Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.

Nuremberg Epilogue

1971

No artwork available
8.0

Two neighbours living in one block of flats share the same dreams at night - they murder each another.

Goodnight

1971

Album polski poster
9.0

University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.

Album polski

1970

Bolesław Śmiały poster
6.6

Portrays the power struggle between the king of Poland, Bolesław the Bold, and the Bishop of Kraków, Stanisław Szczepanowski.

Bolesław Śmiały

1972

No artwork available
8.0

Stefan Pulman, a lonely Varsovian, spends his vacation every year in a quiet guesthouse. He makes very real marriage plans. The object of his sighs is beautiful Susanna.

Książę sezonu

1970

Uciec jak najbliżej poster
9.0

A young man meets and falls in love with a woman met on a business trip.

Uciec jak najbliżej

1972

No artwork available
10.0

A psychologist is asked about a scientific consultation with a girl who attempted suicide.

Something for Something

1977

1960s · 12 titles

The Night of the Generals poster
6.8

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

The Night of the Generals

1967

Maria and Napoleon poster
6.8

In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.

Maria and Napoleon

1966

Westerplatte Resists poster
7.3

Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.

Westerplatte Resists

1967

Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy poster
7.0

Pilot Stefan Janotta recalls the war and the years following, when he helped rebuilding Polish Airlines.

Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy

1967

Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds poster
8.0

Sixth part of Jerry Cotton movies. Agent Jerry Cotton infiltrates a big crime syndicate that is planning a major diamond heist.

Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds

1968

The Criminal Who Stole a Crime poster
7.0

Retired police captain Siwy recounts to a reporter how he undertook a final, private investigation into the suspicious death of Ewa Salm, known as “Princess.” Though her testimony had secured a conviction, Siwy doubted the man’s guilt and set out to uncover the real killer—risking his own life to see justice done.

The Criminal Who Stole a Crime

1969

Ostatni po Bogu poster
8.0

Tensions rise between a crew of a submarine when an accident causes it to settle at the bottom of the sea.

Ostatni po Bogu

1968

No artwork available
NR

The sixth and final episode compilation of the TV series released theatrically, featuring episodes 16 and 17.

More Than Life At Stake Part Six

1969

Pięciu poster
8.0

Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.

Pięciu

1964

The Marriage of Convenience poster
5.9

Joanna, the daughter of quite wealthy traders from the Różycki bazaar, is in love with Andrzej, a young, talented, but poor painter. However, the girl's father, Kazimierz Burczyk, decides to find a suitable husband for her himself. A shrewd tradesman, unwilling to disclose his income, searches for a candidate whose professional position would justify his possession of a villa, a car and many other material possessions. In the end, his choice falls on Andrew, who is unsuccessfully trying to sell paintings under the walls of Warsaw's Barbican.

The Marriage of Convenience

1967

Mieszczanin szlachcicem poster
NR

Mr. Jourdain, oblivious to his own ignorance, embarks on a comical journey to transform himself into a nobleman, taking lessons from music, dance, fencing, and philosophy teachers who exploit his naivety for profit. Despite the mockery from his maid Michasia and the exasperation of his wife, who warns against his lofty ambitions, Mr. Jourdain remains undeterred. His daughter Lucille’s potential marriage to a nobleman is threatened by an envoy from the Turkish sultan’s son, who seeks her hand. To secure the alliance, the envoy elevates Mr. Jourdain to the rank of Turkish voivode, resolving the dilemma and setting the stage for a humorous conclusion.

Mieszczanin szlachcicem

1969

Stajnia na Salvatorze poster
9.0

WWII. Zyga, one of the Resistance soldiers in Kraków is arrested by Gestapo. Soon later the Germans make a number of other arrests and Zyga is accused of being an informer.

Stajnia na Salvatorze

1967

Series credits

Dom poster
7.3

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Dom

1980

More Than Life At Stake poster
8.0

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.

More Than Life At Stake

1968

Doktor Ewa poster
9.0

Doctor Ewa Lipska, an attractive young woman just after graduation, with interesting professional prospects for the future, chooses the job of a village doctor. Brought up in a big city, she settles in the small town of Międzybórz in the Łódź Province. She is forced not only to overcome the daily difficulties resulting from medical practice in a rural health center, but also to learn to talk to people of a different mentality and gain the trust of her patients.

Doktor Ewa

1971

The Doll poster
7.8

The story of Stanisław Wokulski, a wealthy merchant who falls in love with a haughty aristocrat, Izabela Łęcka. Causing a misalliance in the late nineteenth century Warsaw. Young Wokulski is forced to work as a waiter, while dreaming of a life in science. After taking part in the failed uprising, he is sentenced to exile in Siberia. Upon return to Warsaw, he becomes a salesman. Marrying the late shop owner's widow, he becomes rich, He uses his money set up a partnership with a Russian merchant, met in the exile. The two makes a fortune supplying the Russian army. Wokulski falls in love with Izabela, daughter of the bankrupt aristocrat. In his quest to win her, he ventures theatres and aristocratic salons. To help her financially distressed father, he founds a company with the aristocrats as shareholders. Wokulski ability to make money is respected, but his lack of social rank is often brought. Izabela eventually accepts his affection, but without true devotion or love.

The Doll

1978

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zezem

1976

Colombuses poster
8.0

Kolumbowie follows a group of Polish resistance fighters during WWII in the days leading up to the Warsaw Rising.

Colombuses

1970

Panny i wdowy poster
6.0

An epic tale of a hundred years of Polish history from the perspective of women, the titular maidens and widows. Set against the backdrop of turbulent historical events.

Panny i wdowy

1992

Plastusiowy pamiętnik poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Plastusiowy pamiętnik

1980

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