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Marian Kociniak
Marian Kociniak

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 ... more

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).

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Danton
(1982)
Drama, History
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 Fre...
Runtime:
136 min
Director:
Andrzej Wajda
Cast:
Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chéreau, Angela Winkler, Roland Blanche
7.5
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How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following The Arms
(1969)
Adventure, Comedy, War
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.
Runtime:
72 min
Director:
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Cast:
Marian Kociniak, Emil Karewicz, Piotr Fronczewski, Kazimierz Rudzki, Wacław Kowalski
8.0
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Pan Tadeusz
(1999)
Drama, Romance
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 t...
Runtime:
150 min
Director:
Andrzej Wajda
Cast:
Andrzej Seweryn, Michal Zebrowski, Daniel Olbrychski, Marek Kondrat, Grażyna Szapołowska
6.0
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Janosik
(1974)
Adventure, TV Movie
Director:
Jerzy Passendorfer
Cast:
Ewa Lemańska, Marek Perepeczko, Bogusz Bilewski, Witold Pyrkosz, Marian Kociniak
7.0
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Gangsters and Philantropists
(1963)
Action, Comedy, Crime
The movie consists of two satirical novel based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.
Runtime:
82 min
7.3
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The Last Action
(2009)
Comedy, Crime
When his grandson is beaten by gangsters, a Warsaw veteran gathers his war buddies to take them on.
Runtime:
95 min
Cast:
Jan Machulski, Barbara Krafftówna, Marian Kociniak, Witold Skaruch, Lech Ordon
5.2
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Jan Serce
(1982)
TV Movie
Polish mini series
Runtime:
612 min
Director:
Radosław Piwowarski
Cast:
Jan Himilsbach, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Kazimierz Kaczor, Marian Kociniak, Jadwiga Kuryluk
6.9
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Skinny and Others
(1967)
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.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Henryk Kluba
Cast:
Marian Kociniak, Wieslaw Golas
7.3
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How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
(1969)
Adventure, Comedy, War
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 c...
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Cast:
Marian Kociniak, Emil Karewicz, Wirgiliusz Gryń
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How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends
(1969)
Adventure, Comedy, War
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 occup...
Runtime:
73 min
Director:
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Cast:
Marian Kociniak
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