
Acting
Zdzisław Kozień
Born 1924-12-04 · Kraków, małopolskie, Polska
Pracę artystyczną rozpoczął w czasach okupacji jako aktor-amator. W latach 1948-1952 występował w Teatrze Kolejarza w Krakowie. Od 1953 związany z Teatrem im. Wandy Siemaszkowej w Rzeszowie. Stworzył tu wiele wybitnych kreacji aktorskich, m.in. Cześnika w "Zemście", Majora w "Fantazym", Wojewody w "Mazepie" czy Czepca w "Weselu". W latach 1972-1982 pracował w Teatrze Polskim i Współczesnym we Wrocławiu. Od 1983 ponownie występował w Rzeszowie. Wystąpił w wielu filmach fabularnych (m.in. Człowiek z marmuru jako ojciec Agnieszki) oraz serialach telewizyjnych (m. in. Królowa Bona jako Zygmunt I Stary). Widzowie zapamiętali jego rolę w popularnym serialu telewizyjnym 07 zgłoś się, gdzie zagrał porucznika Antoniego Zubka. Odznaczony m.in. Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski. Pochowany na Cmentarzu Komunalnym Wilkowyja w Rzeszowie.
Acting credits
NRShort film directed by Zygmunt Lech, Starring renowned polish actor Bogusław Linda
Janek
1979
6.7A UFO lands at night in a typical Masovian village. The villagers feel honored and want to be as hospitable as possible for the unexpected alien guests.
Big Bang
1986
8.0Two zootechnics students, Jacek and Marek, come to the Bieszczady (it's the Polish "Wild West"). Looking for a holiday adventure and income, they become "cowboys" on local cattle grazing. Instead of the expected romantic adventures and the male, hard life, their boredom is becoming their share. Only when Jacek gets a stallion Szaga, things take a different turn.
Rancho Texas
1959
7.0A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
Man of Marble
1977
6.3A man is tried in court for failing to help his brother to avoid suicide.
Convicted
1976
The writer Jan Kellert - the author of the widely known book "The Legend of the Vistula", which is part of the canon of pre-war middle school reading, comes from Lublin to Żmurki, where he spent the occupation. The division of the Żmurki estate is to take place the next day. The welcome dinner becomes an opportunity to exchange political views and a critical view of the manor's inhabitants on the current situation.
Jan
1984
4.0Maria does not understand her husband. The woman goes to the family home where her sister lives.
Smak wody
1980
The young protagonist, Elżbieta, grew up in a small town bourgeois house. She rebels against the town's atmosphere and imagines that a love affair with a poet from a big city will liberate her. However, the love affair lasts only for a fleeting moment. It is the young engineers who arrive in the town to build a factory who are the real harbinger of changes in the town itself and the minds of its inhabitants. Based on a novel by Kornel Filipowicz.
A Small Town Love Affair
1977
8.3Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in hand, has to figure out the motive for the killings as well as who the psychopath is and where he might strike next. He uncovers that the mentally deranged sniper can't stand seeing people happy together in public places.
Wściekły
1980
A boy escapes from a reformatory, but comes again into conflict with the law. During a robbery he hits a woman with a bottle on the head. He is convinced he killed her and because of his past thinks that nothing matters anymore. Only when he finds out that the victim did not die, he reveals the truth about what happened.
Before the Day Breaks
1977
The fate of a surgeon and prisoners during World War II.
Czysta chirurgia
1977
Józef comes to his hometown on the anniversary of the murder of his father - a peasant activist, and explores the circumstances of his death.
Piętno
1985
5.2A historical drama about Barbara Radziwiłł, whose controversial love affair and marriage with King Sigismund II Augustus defied political opposition in 16th-century Poland. The film follows their romance, Barbara’s untimely death, and her posthumous return to Vilnius, framed through the king’s memories of his beloved queen.
An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill
1983
Set in the 70's. A young man decides that after dropping out of school, going to the army is not for him. He decides to become a voluntary miner. He lives with his buddies in barracks, where the only entertainment is ping-pong, and dreams of the opposite sex.
Trzy stopy nad ziemią
1986
7.0From the popular series of Polish books by Kornel Makuszynski comes this charming comedy following the misadventures of Ewa, who tries to right the wrongs of this less-than-perfect world.
Follies of Miss Eva
1985
10.0A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
Polonia Restituta
1981
A couple of Warsaw actors come to a small town to play in a play staged there. When one of them disappears, the theater director begins a private investigation.
Polowanie na Króla Lira
1993
8.0Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of electrical engineering is recruited by the American secret service CIA. But Brandin immediately notifies the State Security of the German Democratic Republic and from then on lives a dangerous life as a double agent. When Brandin reaches the breaking point, his marriage starts to unravel because Brandin is not allowed to tell his family about his double life.
Coded Message for the Boss
1979
9.0Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland.
Sonata marymoncka
1988
Two youngsters vacationing at the Black Sea sneak onto a mysterious ship and spy the peculiar activities of a treasure-seeking crew. They are discovered and imprisoned as the ship heads for an uncharted island. Their parents put together an expedition and after numerous adventures the treasure hunters are apprehended and the mystery of a secret cove is solved.
The Golden Mahmudia
1987
The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude towards the Prussian partitioning authorities, activity in the independence underground, and participation in the preparations for the Greater Poland Uprising.
Republika nadziei
1988
The final stage of the great artist's life, a stage in which Witkacy decides to destroy himself. A growing sense of danger, the futility of all actions, and fear of what is to come accompany him constantly during his escape from Warsaw to the East at the outbreak of World War II. Everyday facts and events are intertwined in the film with reminiscences and images from his life, supported by the artist's inner monologue. The style of narration and the way of filming make the film a poignant study of the writer's inner disintegration. By emphasizing the painterly quality of the image and introducing dreamlike themes, Kluba captures on screen the characteristics of both Witkacy's playwriting and painting.
Gwiazda Piołun
1988
The pupil of the orphanage is entering adulthood.
Przypadki Piotra S.
1982
9.0World War II. Lieutenant Bogdan Mayer is tasked with delivering a sample of valuable metal alloy from Warsaw to London.
Sto koni do stu brzegów
1979