Birthday:
10-02-1934
Deathday:
02-04-2018 (83 years)
Birthplace:
Warsaw, Poland
Biography
Wojciech Pokora was born on October 2, 1934 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor and director, known for Rozrywka po staropolsku (1985), Lalka (1978) and Rejs (1970). He died on February 4, 2018 in Warsaw.
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Na melinę
Act like Partisan
event1981
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A group of resistance fighters discover the secret collaboration between a local beggar and the Nazis.
Buty
Act like Wounded Man
event1966
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During the war, a nurse finds footwear belonging to a Soviet soldier. The discovery haunts her.
Hydro-Puzzle
Act like Walczak's Friend
event1971 star_border 6.2
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Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero known as As.
The Deserters
Act like von Nogay
event1986 star_border 7.2
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Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.
Palace Hotel
Act like Wladyslaw Lenka
event1983
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The finder of a suitcase stolen in 1939 from the French embassy in Warsaw tries to reach its owner.
Brunet Will Call
Act like Kowalski
event1976 star_border 7.1
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Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.
Man - Woman Wanted
Act like Stanislaw Maria Rochowicz / Marysia
event1973 star_border 7.7
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Stanisław Maria Rochowicz, a bumbling art historian, is falsely accused of stealing a painting. The alleged thief faces five years in prison. Desperate, he decides to hide in disguise as a woman until he can paint a copy of the stolen canvas. Lacking means to live, he has to work for some time, of course, as a woman. He gets a job as a domestic helper. However, he has no luck with employers.
What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
Act like Man chasing the Pig
event1978 star_border 7.4
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Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
Playing with the Devil
Act like Scholastyk
event1980 star_border 9
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The fearless soldier, Marcin Kabat, returns to his hometown from a long war.
This is Your New Son
Act like Wojtek
event1967
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Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother.
Bad Luck
Act like Cadet in a Camp (uncredited)
event1960 star_border 6.7
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To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.
A Jungle Book of Regulations
Act like Tenant kicked out of the Apartment
event1974 star_border 7
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Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, who once lived in the same small room, visits the couple. He proposes to exchange their room for a new, two-room apartment that he has just received. Janek and Wanda are initially distrustful, but eventually, the exchange takes place. It turns out that Wanda's ex-husband, Jerzy, already lives in the new apartment. Despite the divorce, as he is registered with Wanda, he has the right to continue living in her apartment. Janek tries to find a way to get rid of the intruder.
Liczę na wasze grzechy
Act like Krzysztof Kłodzki (voice) (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 3
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A popularity-hungry young journalist writes a sensationalist article on a supposed teen suicide club.
Where Is the Third King?
Act like Zientara
event1967 star_border 5.7
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Two militia officers are assigned to a museum in an undercover assignment to protect a valuable painting from an international group of art thieves.
Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy
Act like Navigator
event1967
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Pilot Stefan Janotta recalls the war and the years following, when he helped rebuilding Polish Airlines.
Martians
Act like Private Piwko
event1967
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Newcomers from a foreign planet cannot find themselves in the earthly realities.
Husband of His Wife
Act like Mietek (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 6.2
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Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.
The Unknown
Act like Machine Gunner (uncredited)
event1964
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Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.
Alone in the City
Act like "Winnie the Pooh"
event1965 star_border 7
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Because of having a one-day plane delay, Konrad has to spend 24 hours wandering around Warsaw, visiting old friends and meeting some new ones.
Koniec sezonu na lody
Act like Sylwester Rogowski
event1988 star_border 5
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The owner of an ice cream parlor in a coastal town is murdered. The investigation is conducted by platoon leader Rogowski, but soon he is joined by Lieutenant Joanna Szczęsna from the voivodeship headquarters.
When Love Was a Crime
Act like Gestapo Officer arresting Inga (uncredited)
event1968
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A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler’s “racial purity” law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany.
Człowiek z M-3
Act like Militiaman (uncredited)
event1969 star_border 7.1
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A young doctor receives an allotment for a state-owned M-3 type flat, but to his disfortune only married couples have a right to an M-3, so he begins a frantic search for a wife.
The Cruise
Act like Passenger
event1970 star_border 7
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A stowaway sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River. The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers and crew into silly and vaguely humiliating games. Before long, Tym has got everyone under his thumb and created his own comedic dictatorship.
Operation "Brutus"
Act like "Spider"
event1971
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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.
The Marriage of Convenience
Act like Secret Agent
event1967 star_border 5.9
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Małżeństwo z rozsądku ("Marriage of Convenience") is a Polish musical comedy from 1966 directed by Stanisław Bareja.
Nowy
Act like Tadeusz Kaczmarski
event1970 star_border 7
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A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed.
Teddy Bear
Act like Włodarczyk
event1981 star_border 7.9
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En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.
Deserter's Gold
Act like Ernst von Nogay
event1998 star_border 5.9
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"Deserter's Gold", the sequel to the very popular "The Deserters", is a rich war comedy, skipping humorously around the more serious dangers of a war. Deserters Gold takes place during World War II, while the first film happened during WWI. The heroes' mission is to rob a Nazi-run bank in Poland for gold that will buy military supplies for the Polish Underground.
Tato, nie bój się dentysty
Act like Dentist
event1986
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One man, a brave paratrooper, has a problem with a sore tooth, but is afraid to go to the dentist. He is brought to him by his several-year-old son. In the office, apart from the dentist, a plush toy awaits him - "Checkered dog", which the man remembers from his childhood. The doctor, by playing films with the participation of a dog on a VCR, means that the man, absorbed in watching his favorite childhood hero, does not pay attention to the run-offs and thus can extract the aching tooth.
The Doll
Act like Lisiecki, subiekt w sklepie Wokulskiego (9 ep.)
event1978 star_border 7.3
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The story of Stanisław Wokulski, a wealthy merchant who falls in love with a haughty aristocrat, Izabela Łęcka.
Alternatywy 4
Act like docent Zenobiusz Furman (9 ep.)
event1986 star_border 8.4
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Alternatywy 4 was a Polish comedy TV series that was finished in 1983. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in Alternatywy 4 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.
Kryminalni
Act like aktor Wiński (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 5.8
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Kryminalni was a Polish crime drama television series that aired on TVN network from September 18, 2004 until May 24, 2008. It ran for 8 seasons and 101 episodes were broadcast in total. It was created by Polish director and screenwriter Piotr Wereśniak and produced by MTL Maxfilm studio.
The series followed life and work of police officers from the elite Criminal Terror and Murders Division of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police; the title refers to police officers in the crime section. The three main characters were Adam Zawada, an experienced, tough cup, his younger colleague Marek Brodecki and Barbara Storosz, an ambitious female officer who in the first season joins the team just after graduating.
Although none of the main actors had had star status before the series debuted, all three of them rose to prominence and popularity during the 5-year-long run. Many of Poland's best known actors guest starred, usually playing roles of people involved in just one particular investigation. The serial was one of the most popular in Poland: each week it had an audience of 4 million.
Zmiennicy
Act like Antoni Kłusek (15 ep.)
event1987 star_border 7.8
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Zmiennicy is a Polish sitcom completed in 1986 and aired in 1987. Many famous Polish actors appear in Zmiennicy.
Nights and Days
Act like Kelner Walerian (2 ep.)
event1978 star_border 9
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Nights and Days is a family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic, and Bogumił Niechcic, against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dąbrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.
Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
Act like Żorż Ponimirski (3 ep.)
event1980 star_border 7.6
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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.
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