August Kowalczyk

Acting

August Kowalczyk

Born 1921-08-15

Acting credits

A Generation poster
7.0

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives.

A Generation

1955

Behind the Curtain poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Behind the Curtain

1973

The Nest poster
6.1

Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.

The Nest

1974

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

Rok pierwszy poster
9.0

1944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.

Rok pierwszy

1960

The Peasants poster
5.8

In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.

The Peasants

1973

Rób swoje, ryzyko jest twoje poster
3.8

An actor, Lutek Star, and a director, Emil Baks, end up in prison, where they decide to join forces to create a serial script about three independent women.

Rób swoje, ryzyko jest twoje

2002

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

Nuremberg Epilogue poster
8.7

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

Nuremberg Epilogue

1971

Drugi brzeg poster
10.0

A Polish communist in prison breaks out at the start of the war, fight against the Germans and tries to find out who put him behind bars.

Drugi brzeg

1962

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

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

Alchemik poster
6.5

An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.

Alchemik

1989

Barwy walki poster
9.0

Świętokrzyskie Mountains, 1944. A People's Army unit receives orders to transport a party delegate outside the front line, while heavy fighting is going on between the Germans and resistance fighters in the region.

Barwy walki

1964

Five Boys from Barska Street poster
5.9

In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of their profiteer-boss.

Five Boys from Barska Street

1954

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

No artwork available
NR

The fourth of six episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 8 and 9.

More Than Life At Stake Part Four

1969