Franciszek Pieczka

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Franciszek Pieczka
Born ( 1928-01-18 ) 18 January 1928
Godow , Silesia , Poland
Died 23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) (aged 94)
Occupation(s) Film actor, stage actor
Awards Order of the White Eagle (Poland) Order Odrodzenia Polski Krzyż Zasługi

Franciszek Maksymilian Pieczka (18 January 1928 ? 23 September 2022) was a Polish actor. A graduate of the National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw (1954), [1] he first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Gora . He won the award for Best Actor at the Polish Film Festival in 1976 for The Scar . [2] [3]

In 2015, he was awarded the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award.

Biography [ edit ]

Franciszek Pieczka was born and raised in Godow . [4] He was the youngest of six siblings. [5]

After World War II , he studied acting. A graduate of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw . He made his debut at the Dolno?l?ski Theater in Jelenia Gora . Then he moved to the Ludowy Theatre in Nowa Huta , where he performed in the years 1955?1964. In 1974?2015, he was an actor of the Powszechny Theater in Warsaw.

He has starred in over a hundred films, both Polish and foreign. He has been awarded and honored many times for his individual roles, as well as his contribution to the development of theater and film art. [6] Franciszek Pieczka is an honorary citizen of the Godow commune . [7]

In 2016, he supported the fight against smog in his hometown of Upper Silesia , appearing in a film clip entitled Nie truj s?siada! recorded together with the city of Wodzisław ?l?ski . [8]

On 11 November 2017, he was awarded the highest Polish state decoration, the Order of the White Eagle . [9]

Pieczka died on 23 September 2022, at the age of 94. [10]

Filmography [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Franciszek Pieczka Archived 23 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine at www.culture.pl (in Polish) )
  2. ^ Haltof, Marek (2004). The cinema of Krzysztof Kie?lowski: variations on destiny and chance . Wallflower Press. p. 170. ISBN   1-903364-91-4 .
  3. ^ Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 1976 at the Internet Movie Database (in English)
  4. ^ "Wyborcza.pl" . katowice.wyborcza.pl . Retrieved 9 March 2022 .
  5. ^ " "Jestem ?l?skie dziecko". Franciszek Pieczka, słynny aktor z Godowa, ko?czy dzi? 91 lat! [WYWIAD] ? Godow, Powiat wodzisławski" . www.nowiny.pl (in Polish) . Retrieved 9 March 2022 .
  6. ^ "Zagrał w ponad stu filmach. Franciszek Pieczka sko?czył 90 lat" . PolskieRadio.pl . Retrieved 9 March 2022 .
  7. ^ "Strona głowna" . Gmina Godow (in Polish) . Retrieved 9 March 2022 .
  8. ^ Nie truj s?siada! - spot z udziałem Franciszka Pieczki , retrieved 9 March 2022
  9. ^ "Prezydent wr?czył Ordery Orła Białego. W?rod uhonorowanych Franciszek Pieczka" . Onet Kultura (in Polish). 11 November 2017 . Retrieved 9 March 2022 .
  10. ^ "Nie ?yje wybitny aktor Franciszek Pieczka. Miał 94 lata" . Rzeczpospolita (in Polish) . Retrieved 23 September 2022 .

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