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Wojciech Pszoniak

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Wojciech Pszoniak (born in 1942 in Lwów, currently Ukraine), is a Polish film and theater actor.

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

The actor left Poland during the period of political unrest in 1980-1981, which saw the appearance of the Solidarity trade union and ended with the imposition of martial law on December 13, 1981. Pszoniak found roles in France, where he is currently living and working. Since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, Pszoniak has appeared in Polish movies and plays.

Internationally, he simplified his first name into Wojtek, which is the standard diminutive of the relatively formal Wojciech in the Polish language.

Pszoniak often plays Jewish characters, although he is not of Jewish descent. In France, this is partially attributable to his role in The Promised Land, as well as his foreign accent.

Pszoniak did not speak French when he emigrated to France, so he learned his theatrical lines phonetically; in movies like Danton, where he played Robespierre, his voice was dubbed. An anecdote about his language skills relates that when he finally started speaking French, one director told him that he preferred his old accent.

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Wojciech Pszoniak

Biography

Aktor. Po ukończeniu szkoły podstawowej grał w orkiestrze wojskowej w Gliwicach (1956-58). W 1958-59 uczeń średniej szkoły muzycznej w Bytomiu w klasie oboju. Aktor w amatorskim Teatrze Wesołych Wagantów (1959), następnie w Studenckim Teatrze Poezji "STEP" Politechniki Śląskiej w Gliwicach (1960-64). Założyciel kabaretu "Czerwona Żyrafa" (1961-62). W latach 1960-64 będąc uczniem liceum dla pracujących w Gliwicach pracował jednocześnie jako laborant. Podczas studiów współzałożyciel Teatru STU. Aktor teatralny występujący w Starym Teatrze w Krakowie (1968-72), Narodowym (1972-74) i Powszechnym w Warszawie (1974-80), od 1978 także w teatrach francuskich. Wykładowca w warszawskiej PWST (1974-80). Występował w kabarecie "Pod Egidą". W latach 80-tych wyjechał do Francji. W połowie lat 90. - nadal grając we Francji - powrócił do Polski.

Brat aktora Antoniego Pszoniaka. Urna z prochami artysty została złożona na Cmentarzu Wojskowym na Powązkach (kwatera GII-tuje-3). [Internetowa Baza Filmu Polskiego filmpolski.pl, Wikipedia].

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