Marian Kociniak
Also Known As: Мариан Кочиняк, Мариан Коциняк
Biography: 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 on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Warszawa, mazowieckie, Polska
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Birthday: January 11, 1936
Age: 89 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 11, 2016
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The Sun Rises Once a Day
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1972-04-04
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How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Adventure War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-04-06
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The Last Action
Overview: When his grandson is beaten by gangsters, a Warsaw veteran gathers his war buddies to take them on.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2009-09-10
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How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy War Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-04-02
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How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Adventure War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-04-06
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Barrier
Overview: A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-11-18
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Gangsters and Philantropists
Overview: The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-02-15
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The Two Who Stole the Moon
Overview: 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.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-11-12
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The Woodpecker
Overview: A man approaching middle age gets more than he bargained for when he tries having an extramarital affair while his wife is away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-05-21
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Skinny and Others
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-02-24
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Janosik
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Genres: TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-04-14
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Pan profesor
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Gwiazda Wytrwałości
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-03-02
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Wiano
Overview: A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-02-14
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Ernst Thälmann
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1986-02-07
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Cyrk odjeżdża
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1988-04-25
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Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-12-24
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Pięciu
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-12-02
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Innocent Sorcerers
Overview: 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. But he loses her when he goes out to see some friends and then rushes madly around the city after her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-12-17
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Bermuda Triangle
Overview: Three old friends living in distant cities decide to help each other get rid of people who stand in their way to achieve happiness.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1988-10-17
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Danton
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-01-12
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Pan Tadeusz
Overview: A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families as they overcome their old conflicts and petty lives. However, they are able to unite as one with their patriotic and rebellious efforts to free the country they deeply love from Russian control.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1999-10-18
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Rififi po sześćdziesiątce
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1989-12-23
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Maria and Napoleon
Overview: 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.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-10-04
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Czerwone berety
Overview: A young soldier is being blackmailed by his colleague after causing a driving accident while drunk
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-04-05
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Operation "Brutus"
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-05-11
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Ostatni po Bogu
Overview: Tensions rise between a crew of a submarine when an accident causes it to settle at the bottom of the sea.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-10-12
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Morning Stars
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Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1973-08-10
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Fucha
Overview: International Critics’ Week - Cannes Festival 1985
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Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1985-01-14
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Przy torze kolejowym
Overview: February 1943. A Jewish woman jumps out of a train and severely hurts herself. Other people arrive at the scene, but nobody is willing to help her.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Miłość z listy przebojów
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Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1985-08-12
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Schwarzes Gold
Overview: East German television film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-08-01
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Playing with the Devil
Overview: The fearless soldier, Marcin Kabat, returns to his hometown from a long war.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1980-01-14
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Sobótki
Overview: Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-06-23
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Niemcy
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-02-04
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Smacznego, telewizorku
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Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1992-12-01
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