Jan Prochyra
Know for: Acting
Born: 1948-12-02
Place of birth: Kraków, małopolskie, Polska
Also know as:
Blood of the Innocent (1994)
A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes...
Playing with the Devil (1980)
The fearless soldier, Marcin Kabat, returns to his hometown from a long war.
Inner State (1989)
December, 1981. World-class champion Ewa Jaskólska is looking forward to a cruise around the world with her yacht. At her farewell party, ...
Citizen (2014)
An attempt at depicting the life of a generation born and raised in communist Poland; a generation that lived through all the stages of that system...
Nightmares (1979)
Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a...
Woman in a Hat (1985)
A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The...
Kartoteka (1979)
A former partisan now 38 years old remembers his childhood in the war.
Prostitutes (1998)
In the life of Ula, a twenty-year-old very pretty girl, nothing good has happened so far. Poverty, her father an alcoholic abuser to his family,...
Nad Niemnem (1987)
Adaptation of novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa. The film is set in 1886 in Lithuania, is spins around a conflict between Bohatyrowicz family and aristocrat...
The Smaller Sky (1981)
A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad station, then checks into a hotel and refuses to...
The Case of Bronek Pekosinski (1993)
Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his...
Milion za Laurę (1971)
An antique guitar brings upon a series of increasingly fantastical encounters.
The Twenties, the Thirties (1984)
On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture...
The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003)
In IX century Europe, on the brink of Poland's birth, a cruel prince, Popiel, murders his cousins to ensure his son's succession. His crimes lead to...
Dagny (1977)
Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress and model. Than...
I Like Bats (1986)
Izabella, a beautiful young woman, works at her aunt’s shop in a small town in Poland. She uses her hands to create unique small objects for...
The Big Picnic (1981)
Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food...
Cynga (1991)
A young Varsovian runs away from the Nazi’s attack on the East. He falls into the hands of the NKVD. Suspected of espionage, he ends up in a...