
Acting
Aug 3, 1935
Czechowice-Dziedzice, Polska
Jan Tesarz
Acting
Biography
Jan Tesarz (4 August 1935 – 3 January 2020) was a Polish actor of film, theatre, and television. Born in Czechowice, he graduated from the Dramatic Studio and made his stage debut in 1957. He went on to perform in numerous theatre productions, Television Theatre, and feature films throughout his career.
Feature Films (35)

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
A Short Film About Killing

The finder of a suitcase stolen in 1939 from the French embassy in Warsaw tries to reach its owner.
Palace Hotel

1982, Budapest. Two 18-year-old Hungarian boys think Hungary is boring so they decide to travel to Poland and have a real adventure. Their plan to escape to Sweden fails and they find themselves in a Polish prison.
Potyatusok

A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceased mother, it seems to justify her attraction to Michał, who may not in fact be her father.
Decalogue IV

In the first months after the war, a period of confusion and fratricidal fighting, a Warsaw whack-job drafted into the ranks of the KBW gains the first life experiences that make him an informed citizen. Marian, a boy from Targówek, is serving in the KBW. His unit is sent to a village plagued by a band of NSZ. Marian becomes involved with a young teacher, Anka, whose brother is a member of the NSZ. During the final trial, Stefan is killed and Marian is seriously wounded and taken to the hospital. An investigation is carried out in the village. Marian does not admit that he knew about Stefan and his contacts with his sister. When he leaves the hospital, he does not find the girl, but their son, who is being cared for by Anka's parents. He takes the boy and returns to Targowek.
The Fog

The authorities in favor of the Nazis are trying to restore order in a small town in Silesia. Their actions are fiercely resisted by a small group of residents.
Famous Like Sarajevo

In 1943, a drunk cook is mistaken for a secret agent and sent on a special mission from London to Nazi-occupied Poland.
Special Mission

One of the passengers on a ship carrying Poles on a cruise in December 1981 is a dissident high school teacher sent abroad by Solidarity. He is under surveillance of the secret police, anxious to get their hands on the info that he is carrying. When the ship is in the middle of the Baltic sea, martial law is declared and the ship is militarized. The captain announces he will turn and return the home port. Many anguished passengers put the life vests on and jump into the sea, where they are picked up by two German ships. The teacher, however, decides to return to Poland and continue the struggle for freedom.
The Last Ferry

One night, a teacher is murdered. A police investigation soon leads to the deceased's true nature and two unlikely suspects.
Balanga
Television & Series (5)

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom

After the end of the war, the Polish authorities try to detain the head of the Warsaw Gestapo.
Powrót doktora von Kniprode

The Ten Commandments, exact and uncompromising, literally cast in stone, continues to provide a source of moral conflict in contemporary society. In the ten part collection of films, The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieślowski examines the dilemma of fundamental sin in the lives of ordinary Warsaw citizens.
Dekalog

The Master and Margarita is a Polish television production of Polish Film Producers Teams, based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov.

