Leon Niemczyk

Acting

Leon Niemczyk

Born 1923-12-15 · Warsaw, Poland

Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor. Niemczyk appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his very long career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford's The Teutonic Knights and Andrzej in Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leon Niemczyk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Acting credits

Inland Empire poster
7.0

When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.

Inland Empire

2006

Father of the Queen poster
6.5

Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission.

Father of the Queen

1980

The Island on Bird Street poster
7.3

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.

The Island on Bird Street

1997

Levin's Mill poster
9.0

In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined and his calls for justice go unanswered, Levin leaves town.

Levin's Mill

1980

Knife in the Water poster
7.3

On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.

Knife in the Water

1962

No artwork available
7.0

Michał Kopera has an accident at work. His relatives visiting him at the hospital are more interested in his account than in his health.

Hasło

1977

Knights of the Teutonic Order poster
7.1

A tale of a young impoverished nobleman, who with his uncle returns from a war against the order of the Teutonic Knights in Lithuania. He falls in love with a beautiful woman and pledges an oath to bring her "three trophies" from the Teutonic Knights.

Knights of the Teutonic Order

1960

Apache poster
5.3

The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through the territory. His people have become inured to the treacherous ways of the white man, however, and are now reliant on them for booze, 'relief flour' and beef steak.

Apache

1973

Komedie pomyłek poster
NR

A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works.

Komedie pomyłek

1968

Night Train poster
7.5

Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.

Night Train

1959

Warsaw: Year 5703 poster
5.3

In the winter of 1943 two young Jews, Alek and Fryda, escape, via sewer tunnels, from the atrocities underway in Warsaw ghetto. Alek, entrusted with undeveloped photos of the horrors within, makes his way to a supposedly safe apartment only to find it occupied by Germans. Another tenant, a pole Stephania, abruptly offers to shelter him in her spacious apartment. She comforts him and they make love that very night. Stefania is uncommonly generous and willing to jeopardize her own safety by hiding a Jew. She even goes to a nearby church and rescues Fryda. But Fryda is ungrateful and proceeds to sabotage the trio's safety in insidious ways.

Warsaw: Year 5703

1992

In Love poster
6.3

Beauty Zosia is a “hunter” by nature: she very professionally captivates rich men, draws money from them, and then throws deceived fans and plans a new victim. Once at the opening day, Zosya meets an irresistible macho, photo artist Mateusz, and, contrary to her own principles, falls in love with him. But after a while she begins to realize that Mateusz is also a “hunter” and that they are colleagues ...

In Love

2000

First Pavilion poster
6.0

A young scientist is kidnapped and taken to a house where his former mentor, a professor, is conducting experiments on shrinking humans.

First Pavilion

1968

Vabank poster
7.7

October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but after his friend's death, he changed his mind and organized a burglary of famous and well protected bank which belonged to his former partner in crime, backstabbing and double-crossing Kramer. Kwinto designs a clever plan not to only rob the Kramer's bank but to make it look like Kramer himself did it.

Vabank

1981

Smażalnia Story poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Smażalnia Story

1985

Bermuda Triangle poster
6.7

Three old friends living in distant cities decide to help each other get rid of people who stand in their way to achieve happiness.

Bermuda Triangle

1988

Boys Don't Cry poster
7.4

A young aspiring violinist unwittingly becomes involved with a criminal gang.

Boys Don't Cry

2000

Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes poster
6.4

Scope is a prisoner on a behemoth space station and is chosen, like all his fellow prisoners, to 'volunteer' for the exploration of far-away planets. Landing on planet Australia 458, he is given a hero's welcome with all the sex, booze, and violence that any one man can stomach. But as his new caretakers push him towards even more heinous and deplorable acts, Scope finds that his freedom comes with a high price; his own violent demise, broadcast live for the viewing pleasure of Australia 458's inhabitants.

Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes

1986

The Deluge poster
7.2

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.

The Deluge

1974

Full Ahead poster
6.8

Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures.

Full Ahead

1967

Daens poster
7.1

Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.

Daens

1992

Przedwiośnie poster
6.0

Polish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots.

Przedwiośnie

2001

Swan Song poster
4.5

After discussions with Schwartz, a producer from the West, screenwriter Stefan comes back to Poland. Everybody reminds him of his previous success: “The Flame”. The tired protagonist goes back to his wife, actress Ewa, who is eagerly awaiting him. Ewa goes to an audition which doesn’t turn out too well. On the next day, Stefan and his collaborators are wondering what to write a scenario about. Meanwhile, Stefan has a tooth ache. He decides to visit a dentist but is scared away by the price he has to pay for the treatment. Stefan still can’t find an idea for a scenario, and Ewa is not being cast. They decide to sell the car, but a man who takes their car out for a test drive doesn’t return. Stefan is changing ideas for the scenario constantly, he can’t make up his mind… at home, a pipe goes off… the wine he keeps in gallons blows up… the milicia (People’s Republic of Poland’s police) comes and general chaos ensues, as they are drowning in water and wine… which gives Stefan an idea…

Swan Song

1988

The Saragossa Manuscript poster
7.8

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

The Saragossa Manuscript

1966