Cast

Franciszek Pieczka

1928 – 2022

Active years (films on this site)

1965–1979

Genres

DramaWar

Schools and movements

Polish CinemaContemporary European Art CinemaNew German Cinema

Directors worked with

Jerzy Skolimowski1 filmAndrzej Wajda1 filmPeter Lilienthal1 film

Biography

Franciszek Maksymilian Pieczka was a Polish actor. A graduate of the National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw (1954), he first made his debut in the theatre in Jelenia Góra. He won the award for Best Actor at the Polish Film Festival in 1976 for The Scar.

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Awards and honours

International

• Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1975
• Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1998
• Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta 2011
• Order of the White Eagle 2017
• Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland

National / local

• Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland 1955
• Gold Cross of Merit‎ 1974
• Zasłużony Działacz Kultury 1980
• Golden Medal for Merit to Culture 2008
• Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage 2009
• Honoris Gratia 2013
• Juliusz Ligoń Award 2015
• Lux ex Silesia 2015
• Polish Academy Life Achievement Award 2015
• Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage 2019
• Gold Medal of Merit for National Defence
• Medal for Long Marital Life
• Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland

3 films on this site

1. Walkover 1965 · Jerzy Skolimowski · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
2. The Promised Land 1975 · Andrzej Wajda · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
3. David 1979 · Peter Lilienthal · IMDb 6.4 · Cast