Witold Pyrkosz

Acting

Witold Pyrkosz

Born — Died

1926-12-24 — 2017-01-01

Place of birth

Krasnystaw, lubelskie, Polska

Known for

Acting

Credits

72 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

Four Tank-Men and a Dog poster
7.8

Czterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is set in 1944 and 1945, during World War II, and follows the adventures of a tank crew and their T-34 tank in the 1st Polish Army. Although both the book and the TV series contain elements of pro-Soviet propaganda, they have achieved and retain a cult series status in Poland, Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. The T-34 tank Rudy with the identifying number "102", a German Shepherd dog from Siberia Szarik and to a lesser extent the crew Jan Kos, Gustaw Jeleń, Grigorij Saakaszwili, Tomasz Czereśniak, and their commander and mentor Olgierd Jarosz, as well as other heroes of the series, have become icons in Polish popular culture.

Four Tank-Men and a Dog

1966

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

Kuchnia polska poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kuchnia polska

1993

4 Alternative Street poster
8.4

4 Alternative Street was a Polish comedy TV show that was finished in 1983 and aired in 1986 due to censorship. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in the mini series was a residential complex which is still in existence at 3 Grzegorzewska Street in Warsaw, Poland. The series was a satire to the communist rule in Poland, spoken in a way that it passed through communist censorship office.

4 Alternative Street

1986

Film credits

2000s · 2 titles

1990s · 9 titles

Killer 2 poster
7.0

Jurek Kiler has become a VIP - sponsoring the Polish government, playing tennis with the President, meeting world leaders. He must oversee a transfer of a substantial amount of gold. However, in his past activities, he has made enemies. Mighty ones. And thus Jurek Kiler's next adventure begins as he has to face attempts at kidnapping, assassinations and problems in his love life...

Killer 2

1999

Aquarium poster
7.5

Film based on the book of Viktor Suvorov, a former Soviet military intelligence officer. The story of the strange friendship between the two GRU officers. That relationship began in the Soviet military range where daring young officer Witek action drew the attention of Colonel Kravcov. With the protection of Colonel Witek gets to the interview. Price to be paid for this "favor" is the total loyalty to his patron.

Aquarium

1996

Szabla od komendanta poster
7.1

In a fairy-tale village lives Jakubek, a former legionnaire. He buried his wife some time ago and now lives with his adult but very shy son Janeczek. Three of Jakubek's comrades-in-arms also live in the same village: Kotek, Ingatko, and Gniewisz. For some time now, the legionnaires have been talking more and more about dying. Jakubek, the oldest of them, already has a beautiful coffin prepared and longs for death because he misses Brzózka, his youthful love, very much.

Szabla od komendanta

1996

No artwork available
4.3

Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his life is fictitious: symbolic is the date of birth - the day World War II broke out, as well as his surname - after PKOS, an abbreviation of a charitable institution, and the place of birth - the Nazi concentration camp, from where his mother threw him over a barbed wire fence. Even his friends and guardians turned out to be false. Only his loneliness and his hump seem to be authentic. Two great powers have vied for young Bronek's soul: Roman-Catholic church and a totalitarian state. He fell into alcoholism. Partially paralyzed as the effect of cerebral hemorrhage, he is fired with an ambition of acquiring a mastery in a game of chess.

The Case of Bronek Pekosinski

1993

Do Widzenia Wczoraj. Dwie Krótkie Komedie o Zmianie Systemu poster
9.0

1. A ring of retired provincial PRL dignitaries plots to steal their party’s banner from the Museum of Communism as an ideological relic, only to have their scheme complicated when one conspirator’s son enlists an Italian collector in a profit-seeking joint venture. 2. A young homeless couple squatting in an unoccupied Balaton dacha is caught by the elderly ex-communist official who now runs a Budapest nightclub—and agrees to keep silent about their trespass in exchange for forcing them into a public “wedding night” performance for his patrons.

Do Widzenia Wczoraj. Dwie Krótkie Komedie o Zmianie Systemu

1993

3 dni bez wyroku poster
4.4

Adam "Mruk" Niedzicki is a member of a gang from a juvenile detention center led by two educators: Jóźwiak and Andruszewski. During a robbery at a currency exchange office, the owner dies, and "Mruk" decides to withdraw. He receives news of his mother's death and is given three days' leave. He does not know that he will become involved in a murder.

3 dni bez wyroku

1991

Szwedzi w Warszawie poster
NR

The Swedish invasion of 1965 is underway. Swedish troops attack Poland and occupy a significant part of the country. A Swedish governor settles in Warsaw, arousing widespread hatred. Three teenage residents of Warsaw, Maciej, Kacper, and Kazik, with the help of Mr. Rafałowicz, decide to drive the Swedes out of the city.

Szwedzi w Warszawie

1991

Gorzka miłość poster
4.7

Poland, 1945. Crowds of repatriates are traveling from east to west in search of new homes and loved ones lost during the war. At one of the train stations, a young woman, Hanna Powiłańska, sits among the crowd of displaced persons. The girl recalls a story of turbulent love. Before the war, at a carnival ball, she met the handsome Lech Oleszkiewicz. In September, war broke out. Hanna meets the engineer again and spends the night with him. In the morning, the man tells her that he is married. Hanna breaks off the relationship.

Gorzka miłość

1990

Flying Machines Versus Mr. Samochodzik poster
7.2

Mr. Samochodzik with his friend Joanna and her son Piotr are going on vacation to a mountain village. Peter dreams of adventures, and his imagination is focused on discovering weirdness. Here he eavesdrops on a conversation which shows that a man and a woman are planning a murder. It turns out, however, that the mysterious man is the author of crime novels Mr. Arizona, who uses the advice and ideas of his servant Sophia. The mistake is explained, Mr. Samochodzik, Joanna and Piotr gain new friends and thanks to them they meet the Italian film crew making the film in this area. Unfortunately, a real misfortune falls on the filmmakers: the main role star - beautiful Diana - mysteriously disappears. There is a break in shooting. The producer of the film seems distraught, but Mr. Arizona suspects that the actress's disappearance is an advertising gimmick. The friends start investigating on their own.

Flying Machines Versus Mr. Samochodzik

1991

1980s · 19 titles

The War of the Worlds: Next Century poster
6.8

Poland, Christmastime. A band of hyperintelligent, bloodthirsty Martians take over the country and enlist hapless television newscaster Iron Idem as the voice of their propaganda machine. But when Iron dares to go off message, he makes an enemy even greater than the aliens—the state itself.

The War of the Worlds: Next Century

1981

The Constant Factor poster
7.2

A young man is confronted with corrupt and vindictive colleagues at work and negligent officials at the hospital where his mother is dying. As he searches quixotically for a steadfast moral code by which to live, he suffers from the knowledge of human frailty and our darker inclinations to do harm.

The Constant Factor

1980

Vabank poster
7.6

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

Vabank II poster
7.5

A sequel to "Vabank" (1981), introduces the same characters entangled in a duel between a former safecracker and a crooked bank manager.

Vabank II

1985

The Weather Forecast poster
6.7

When a delivery of coffins foreshadows a harsh winter, residents of a retirement home escape their confines and rediscover the world outside.

The Weather Forecast

1983

Thursdays for the Poor poster
7.2

A young doctor has been assigned to a hospital in the provinces, in the lakes district of northern Poland. The area is a playground with hunting lodges for the priviledged, the local politicians cover up any leaks to the public. The doctor discovers a case of drunken driving but is silenced by blackmail in the court. He tries to fight back but has a love affair with the unfaithful wife of the town's Mayor.

Thursdays for the Poor

1982

No artwork available
8.0

An American actress temporarily stops in Warsaw on her way to Japan, where she gets acquainted with the Polish writer.

Yokohama

1982

Famous Like Sarajevo poster
4.3

The authorities in favor of the Nazis are trying to restore order in a small town in Silesia. Their actions are fiercely resisted by a small group of residents.

Famous Like Sarajevo

1988

King Size poster
6.8

The story follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big Eater, ruler of the dwarves. The dwarf kingdom, Shuflandia, exists in a cellar of a library, and only the most obedient get the chance to grow to king size and inhabit the larger world. Once there, nobody wants to return to Shuflandia. Also, there are no women in Shuflandia.

King Size

1988

And All That Jazz poster
8.0

Set in 1952, film tells the story of young musicians playing - then forbidden - jazz music in basements and attics around Poland. The group hires itself to social parties, youth dances, etc, each time waiting for the management to disappear in order to shift gears to hot music. The crowd either loves it or does not know what to do. Occasionally they are harassed by the police.

And All That Jazz

1984

Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop poster
NR

An ordinary man has to do constant favors for other people in order to reserve a place for himself in a queue.

Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop

1988

Bo oszalałem dla niej poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bo oszalałem dla niej

1980

A Little Girl from the Hotel 'Excelsior' poster
6.7

Jan, an accountant at pre-retirement age, is on holiday at the Baltic Sea with his wife. He doesn’t enjoy her company. He doesn’t enjoy other people’s company either. The resort’s atmosphere makes him sick. One day he meets a mysterious girl on the beach. She becomes his spiritual guide.

A Little Girl from the Hotel 'Excelsior'

1988

Sonata marymoncka poster
9.0

Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland.

Sonata marymoncka

1988

Jeśli serce masz bijące poster
7.0

A group of Polish boys is opposed to a German teacher who aims to Germanise the young men.

Jeśli serce masz bijące

1981

Na własną prośbę poster
8.0

The story is of an engineer in conflict with his superior. He won't go along with the ususal corruption and conformity. He is left to himself amid indifference and ineptitude by his fellow workers and the management.

Na własną prośbę

1980

Rififi po sześćdziesiątce poster
5.0

A group of retirees, wanting to help a friend, plan to break into a bank.

Rififi po sześćdziesiątce

1989

Rykowisko poster
6.0

The 1970s. Senator Caposta, an American of Polish descent, is due to arrive for trade negotiations. A condition of his arrival is to obtain permission to shoot a magnificent deer. The hunt is to be led by Wiktor Szalaj from the Kosy forester's lodge.

Rykowisko

1987

The Birthday poster
8.5

The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second sequence the war starts and Warsaw is occupied. In the third sequence he works in the underground resistance. The final sequence takes place during the Warsaw uprising.

The Birthday

1980

1970s · 12 titles

Hazardziści poster
7.8

The screenplay is based on an authentic story of a robbery of a branch of the National Bank of Poland in Wolow. The thing took place in 1962, 12 million zlotys were stolen. For some time the perpetrators remained at large. Soon, however, the police came across their trail and the criminals were soon captured. And then the real bomb went off. It turned out that the thieves were not people listed in the police annals or even in contact with the criminal world. All the robbers had a reputation as "respectable citizens", by no means suffering from a lack of cash.

Hazardziści

1975

Take It Easy poster
6.9

The main characters are the same two quarreling peasant families introduced in "Sami swoi" (Our Folks). The action of the film starts 18 years later. The old quarrels have been forgotten, but new problems keep popping up. They have no successors to inherit the farms. They invent a tricky and clever plan. The young granddaughter is to take over both of the farms after her marriage. Both Kargul and Pawlak have no rest until they carry out the plan. In the end, after numerous adventures and obstacles their cunning intrigue is fulfilled - the young marry and the land remains in the family's hands.

Take It Easy

1974

Without Anesthesia poster
6.8

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.

Without Anesthesia

1978

Martwa fala poster
NR

After graduating from maritime school, Marek goes on his first voyage.

Martwa fala

1971

Con bravura poster
NR

Originally, Munk intended Eroica to be a triptych with Con bravura being the first part, but he ultimately gave up on this film, deeming it weaker artistically than the two counterparts. Con bravura is about conspiracy conflating the paths of a rather unconventional nun and an intrigued young man – each of them bears secrets and the encounter could incite a flaming romance, though one suffocated by war.Munk set the film in the mountain capital of Zakopane and its vicinity, allowing breathtaking views from a cable car and using his experiences of the Nazi occupation in the area to add gritty reality. The director plays a cameo as a priest with several of his industry friends also making appearances.

Con bravura

1972

No artwork available
7.0

A film adaptation of six short stories by Marek Nowakowski from the collection Mizerykordia.

Siedem czerwonych róż, czyli Benek kwiaciarz o sobie i o innych

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rewizor

1977

I killed poster
4.0

During a routine traffic stop, the police discovers the body of a girl in the trunk of a truck. Since the dead girl spent the night before with the driver of the car, he becomes the prime suspect. In the course of the trial uncomfortable truths surface.

I killed

1975

Kazimierz Wielki poster
7.5

The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.

Kazimierz Wielki

1976

No artwork available
NR

The tale of "The Golden Duck" in the reality of 17th-century Warsaw.

Gold Duck

1976

Grzech Antoniego Grudy poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Grzech Antoniego Grudy

1975

Copernicus poster
6.0

A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.

Copernicus

1973

1960s · 18 titles

The Saragossa Manuscript poster
7.7

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

The Saragossa Manuscript

1966

The Lodger poster
7.5

A pleasant, open-faced young man comes to live in a boarding house with three peculiar women.

The Lodger

1967

The Doll poster
6.6

Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.

The Doll

1968

Only the Dead Can Answer poster
6.5

Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing the case Wójcik feels that the key to solving the mystery is the murdered cashier and his past. Exploring this plot, he discovers a full-fledged spy affair, however, trying to catch the real murderer, he’ll have to risk his life, health and career.

Only the Dead Can Answer

1969

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part One poster
NR

The first of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 1 and 2. “The plot follows the adventures of the heroic crew of the Soviet tank “Rudy” and their loyal dog Szarik as they fight across the Eastern Front in World War II, blending thrilling battles with moments of friendship, compassion, and youthful innocence.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part One

1968

The Killer Leaves a Trace poster
6.6

In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.

The Killer Leaves a Trace

1967

Good Sins poster
8.2

A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.

Good Sins

1963

Then There Will Be Silence poster
5.0

Two Polish Army soldiers, both from different political backgrounds clash while fighting the Germans.

Then There Will Be Silence

1966

Our Folks poster
7.7

Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms.

Our Folks

1967

The Two Who Stole the Moon poster
5.2

Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishing net. But it is only the beginning of their troubles.

The Two Who Stole the Moon

1962

Skok poster
5.7

Two teenagers who have ran away from home befriend an older man who tries to convince them to take part in a robbery.

Skok

1969

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Four poster
NR

The last of the four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 7 and 8.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Four

1968

The Vampire poster
7.0

Gothic story based on novella by Aleksey Tolstoy.

The Vampire

1968

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three poster
NR

The third of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, including episodes 5 and 6.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three

1968

April poster
9.0

Set at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although the war is almost over. A war-weary lieutenant tries to muffle his efforts but he keeps on with his men and is killed fighting in the front lines, all his men decide to get his body.

April

1961

Blue Room poster
NR

In 19th-century Poland, a young couple sets out for a weekend in the countryside. On the train they meet a mysterious Englishman traveling to the same destination, whose presence arouses their suspicions. Choosing to lodge in the room beside his—the fateful Blue Room—they soon find themselves drawn into a web of intrigue and menace.

Blue Room

1965

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

Silent Traces poster
9.0

A UB Captain tries to apprehend a band of former resistance fighters causing havoc to citizens, but they're always one step ahead of him.

Silent Traces

1961

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

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

Four Tank-Men and a Dog poster
7.8

Czterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is set in 1944 and 1945, during World War II, and follows the adventures of a tank crew and their T-34 tank in the 1st Polish Army. Although both the book and the TV series contain elements of pro-Soviet propaganda, they have achieved and retain a cult series status in Poland, Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. The T-34 tank Rudy with the identifying number "102", a German Shepherd dog from Siberia Szarik and to a lesser extent the crew Jan Kos, Gustaw Jeleń, Grigorij Saakaszwili, Tomasz Czereśniak, and their commander and mentor Olgierd Jarosz, as well as other heroes of the series, have become icons in Polish popular culture.

Four Tank-Men and a Dog

1966

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

Kuchnia polska poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kuchnia polska

1993

4 Alternative Street poster
8.4

4 Alternative Street was a Polish comedy TV show that was finished in 1983 and aired in 1986 due to censorship. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in the mini series was a residential complex which is still in existence at 3 Grzegorzewska Street in Warsaw, Poland. The series was a satire to the communist rule in Poland, spoken in a way that it passed through communist censorship office.

4 Alternative Street

1986

Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy poster
7.5

Nikodem Dyzma immigrates from the eastern part of Poland to the capital in the hope for possibilities to make a living. He is in need, very poor and forced to look for basic food and shelter. Yet, on a day when an unexpected invitation appears, his life changes dramatically.

Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy

1980

Droga poster
7.4

Marianek is an unlucky man and not successful in his affairs. At the same time, he is a dove-hearted man, sensitive to other people’s misfortunes and harm, willing to help, even at his own expense. He is always ready to solve the problems of others, although he is usually not very good at it. His favorite saying is “absolutely”.

Droga

1975

Agentki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Agentki

2008

Do krwi ostatniej poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Do krwi ostatniej

1981

Far from the highway poster
8.0

Village boy falls in love with a city girl and decides to change his life. Living in the countryside is the end of dreams? Leszek Gorecki, boy, living in a small village, decides to break this stereotype. Since the child is interested in technology, mechanics, cars. He dreams to become a driver. Meets Bronka, the prettiest girl in the village. Despite feeling Leszek says that the country "no reflection" and has to do something with your life. He decides to go to Silesia. She works hard and puts the money to finally start the desired driving course. One day, during the holidays, the boy meets Anne. The girl is the daughter of a dentist, lives in Lodz, studying biology. Anka gets Leszek in the eye, as it turns out - of reciprocity. A few, however, a huge gap divides the intellectual and cultural

Far from the highway

1976