Kazimierz Wichniarz Explained

Kazimierz Wichniarz
Birth Date:	18 January 1915
Birth Place:	Posen, German Empire (now Poznan, Poland)
Occupation:	Actor
Death Place:	Warsaw, Poland

Kazimierz Wichniarz (18 January 1915 in Posen(now Poznan) - 26 June 1995 in Warsaw) was a Polish film and theatre actor.^[1] In 1974 he starred in the Academy Award-nominated film The Deluge under Jerzy Hoffman.^[2]

He is interred at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw.

Selected filmography

• Szatan z siódmej klasy (1960)
• Godzina pąsowej róży (1963)
• Małżeństwo z rozsądku (1966)
• The Peasans (Chłopi, 1972) TV series
• The Peasants (Chłopi, 1973)
• Hubal (1973)
• The Deluge (Potop, 1974)
• The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana, 1974)
• Zamach stanu (1981)

Honours and awards

• Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1984); previously awarded the Officer's Cross (1975) and the Knight's Cross (1967)
• Gold Cross of Merit (1956)
• Medal of the 10th anniversary of the Polish People's Republic (1955)
• Medal of the 40th anniversary of the Polish People's Republic (1984)
• Badge of Merit in Culture (1975)
• Gold Badge of Trade Unions (1975)
• Badge "For merits for Warsaw" (1967)
• Prize of the City of Warsaw (1980)

Notes and References

1. http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=11380 Kazimierz Wichniarz
2. Web site: Potop. Film Web. July 23, 2010.