Biography
Franciszek Maksymilian Pieczka (18 January 1928 – 23 September 2022) 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. He has starred in over a hundred films, both Polish and foreign. He has been awarded and honored many times for his individual roles, as well as his contribution to the development of theater and film art. He is an honorary citizen of the Godów commune. In 2015, he was awarded the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franciszek Pieczka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Awards & recognition
- Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage · 2019
- Order of the White Eagle · 2017
- Juliusz Ligoń Award · 2015
- Lux ex Silesia · 2015
- Polish Academy Life Achievement Award · 2015
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- Honoris Gratia · 2013
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta · 2011
- Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage · 2009
- Golden Medal — Merit to Culture · 2008
- Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta · 1998
- Zasłużony Działacz Kultury · 1980
- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta · 1975
- Gold Cross of Merit · 1974
- Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland · 1955
- Gold Medal of Merit — National Defence
- Medal — Long Marital Life
- Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland
- Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland
Filmography6 titles
A Generation
Liberation: The Battle of Berlin
Austeria
The Scar
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
Quo vadis