Wojciech pszoniak biography books

Polish actor (1942–2020)

Wojciech Zygmunt Pszoniak (Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx ˈpʂɔɲak]; 2 May 1942 – 19 October 2020) was a Polish film and theatre actor as well as theatre director and pedagogue.

He received international recognition for portraying Moritz Welt in Andrzej Wajda's drama film The Promised Land. In 2016, he won the Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Life and career

Pszoniak was born in Lwów, Nazi occupied Poland, now in Ukraine.

Wojciech pszoniak biography books

He gained international visibility following Andrzej Wajda's 1975 film The Promised Land, in which he played Moritz, one of the three main characters.^[1]

The actor left Poland during the period of political unrest in 1980–81, when the Solidarity trade union began and was ended by the imposition of martial law on 13 December 1981.

Pszoniak found roles in France, where he was living and working. After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, Pszoniak appeared in Polish movies and pl