Marian Kociniak

Acting

Marian Kociniak

Born — Died

1936-01-11 — 2016-03-11

Place of birth

Warszawa, mazowieckie, Polska

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

Marian Kociniak (11 January 1936 – 17 March 2016) was a film, television, voice and radio actor and comedian. He was best known from portraying Franciszek Dolas, a main character in the 1969 film How I Unleashed World War II. Kociniak also had main and secondary roles in films such as Morning Stars (1979), Danton (1983), Fucha, Bermuda Triangle (1987), Circus is Leaving (1987), Yesterday Goodbye (1993), Sir Thaddeus (1999), Kalipso (2000), and The Last Action (2009), as well as in television series such as Janosik (1974), Jan Serce (1981), Sukces (1995), and The Deep End (2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article Marian Kociniak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors …

Known for

Into Deep Water poster
5.7

A group of social welfare workers led by their new director tries to provide necessary aid to people struggling with various problems.

Into Deep Water

2011

Spadkobiercy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Spadkobiercy

2009

Danton poster
6.9

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.

Danton

1983

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

Jan Serce poster
7.5

A sensitive idealist, a noble and righteous man, he dreams of a true, great love. Despite turning 40, he is still looking for 'the one'. Before fate unexpectedly turns out to be favorable, he experiences various emotional adversities. Reflective story of the unchanging human longing for goodness and honesty.

Jan Serce

1982

Innocent Sorcerers poster
7.0

A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love.

Innocent Sorcerers

1960

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 11 titles

Danton poster
6.9

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.

Danton

1983

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

Ernst Thälmann poster
8.5

This elaborate two-part television film features a section from the life of communist worker leader Ernst Thälmann. It begins with the bloody riots on May 1, 1929 in Berlin, in which police officers shot at demonstrating workers, and ends with February 7, 1933, when Thälmann appeared as a speaker at the illegal meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany in goat neck. This period was marked by the struggle of the Communists against the ever stronger National Socialists and the rise of Adolf Hitler.

Ernst Thälmann

1986

Morning Stars poster
NR

A Soviet tank breaks through the front line during the January 1945 offensive.

Morning Stars

1980

Miłość z listy przebojów poster
5.0

Peter and Eliza are vacationing in the Mazury region. After an argument with her boyfriend, the girl leaves him and goes away. Meanwhile, Eliza's father Jul, a sculptor, organizes a reunion of former members of the student theater in which he performed years ago.

Miłość z listy przebojów

1985

Fucha poster
7.0

Stonemasons take part in the restoration of a historic tomb.

Fucha

1985

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

Playing with the Devil poster
9.0

The fearless soldier, Marcin Kabat, returns to his hometown from a long war.

Playing with the Devil

1980

Cyrk odjeżdża poster
9.0

The circus leaves 1948. In one of the towns there is a circus organized right after the liberation. A conflict arises between Kossakowski, a lion trainer, and Chamron, a horse trainer, which creates a tense atmosphere in the entire team.

Cyrk odjeżdża

1988

No artwork available
10.0

Officers of the 5th Horse Rifle Regiment of the 1st Armored Division go to Brussels, where they meet Joachim Lelewel. To verify the story, the press officer of the division goes to Brussels.

Gwiazda Wytrwałości

1981

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Schwarzes Gold

1981

1970s · 10 titles

The Sun Rises Once a Day poster
5.8

After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.

The Sun Rises Once a Day

1972

The Woodpecker poster
5.7

A man approaching middle age gets more than he bargained for when he tries having an extramarital affair while his wife is away.

The Woodpecker

1971

How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms poster
7.6

After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.

How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms

1970

How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape poster
7.6

On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.

How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape

1970

How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends poster
7.6

Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, he is able to escape with a parachute, and finds himself back in Poland, now occupied by Nazis.

How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends

1970

Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne poster
6.7

A group of middle-aged men takes a bus trip to the Black Sea, having to put up with the border guard, accommodation and their guide, a film school student.

Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne

1973

Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany poster
9.0

Following a successful robbery on Christmas Eve, two thieves go hiding into a children's home, where every child is expecting Santa Claus to come soon.

Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany

1974

Operation "Brutus" poster
9.0

Jaruga, the chief of the local branch of Security Office leads a fight against a Home Army unit led by a man known as Boruta and begins to suspect that one of his men was planted by the insurgents. Another Security Office agent arrives to uncover the conspiracy and deal the final blow to Boruta.

Operation "Brutus"

1971

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

A wealthy German family is divided by the immorality of Nazi Germany, circa 1944. Former professional colleague, Joachim Peters, escapes from a Nazi concentration camp, and seeks refuge with his friends, the Sonnenbruchs. Torn between their duty as German citizens, and their greater humanitarian sensibilities, the family is divided in how to deal with Joachim's presence.

Niemcy

1974

1960s · 12 titles

Innocent Sorcerers poster
7.0

A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love.

Innocent Sorcerers

1960

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

Wiano poster
9.0

A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry.

Wiano

1964

Barrier poster
6.8

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

Barrier

1966

Skinny and Others poster
7.0

A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears.

Skinny and Others

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

Gangsters and Philanthropists poster
6.8

The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.

Gangsters and Philanthropists

1963

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

Czerwone berety poster
7.0

A young soldier is being blackmailed by his colleague after causing a driving accident while drunk

Czerwone berety

1963

By the Railway Track poster
NR

In occupied Poland in 1943, a wounded Jewish woman escapes a transport train and is discovered by villagers who, despite their sympathy, are unable to help her. Based on a short story by Zofia Nałkowska.

By the Railway Track

1963

Sobótki poster
8.0

Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father.

Sobótki

1966

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

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