{{short description|Polish actor (1928–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Franciszek Pieczka | image = Pieczka Franciszek.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|01|18}} | birth_place = Godów, Silesia, Poland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|09|23|1928|01|18}} | death_place = | othername = | occupation = Film actor, stage actor | yearsactive = | spouse = | domesticpartner = | awards = 40px|Order of the White Eagle (Poland) 40px|Order Odrodzenia Polski 40px|Krzyż Zasługi | website = }}
'''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),<ref>[http://www.culture.pl/pl/tworca/franciszek-pieczka Franciszek Pieczka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923180706/https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/franciszek-pieczka |date=23 September 2022 }} at www.culture.pl {{in lang|pl}})</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Haltof | first = Marek |authorlink=Marek Haltof | title = The cinema of Krzysztof Kieślowski: variations on destiny and chance | publisher = Wallflower Press | year = 2004 | pages = 170 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0YtOUjZuZtgC&pg=PA170 | isbn =1-903364-91-4 }} </ref> <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000271/1976?ref_=ttawd_ev_2/ Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 1976] at the Internet Movie Database {{in lang|en}}</ref>
In 2015, he was awarded the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award.
== Biography == Franciszek Pieczka was born and raised in Godów.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wyborcza.pl |url=https://katowice.wyborcza.pl/katowice/7,35055,22916584,nie-gustlik-nie-japycz-ino-synek-z-godowa.html?disableRedirects=true |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=katowice.wyborcza.pl}}</ref> He was the youngest of six siblings.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Jestem śląskie dziecko". Franciszek Pieczka, słynny aktor z Godowa, kończy dziś 91 lat! [WYWIAD] • Godów, Powiat wodzisławski |url=https://www.nowiny.pl/147069 |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=www.nowiny.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
After World War II, he studied acting. A graduate of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. He made his debut at the Dolnośląski Theater in Jelenia Góra. Then he moved to the Ludowy Theatre in Nowa Huta, where he performed in the years 1955–1964. In 1974–2015, he was an actor of the Powszechny Theater in Warsaw.
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zagrał w ponad stu filmach. Franciszek Pieczka skończył 90 lat |url=https://polskieradio.pl/art5346_1995386 |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=PolskieRadio.pl}}</ref> Franciszek Pieczka is an honorary citizen of the Godów commune.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strona główna |url=https://www.godow.pl/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=Gmina Godów |language=pl}}</ref>
In 2016, he supported the fight against smog in his hometown of Upper Silesia, appearing in a film clip entitled ''Nie truj sąsiada!'' recorded together with the city of Wodzisław Śląski.<ref>{{Citation |title=Nie truj sąsiada! - spot z udziałem Franciszka Pieczki | date=12 December 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVz4ww-LSl8 |language=en |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
On 11 November 2017, he was awarded the highest Polish state decoration, the Order of the White Eagle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 November 2017 |title=Prezydent wręczył Ordery Orła Białego. Wśród uhonorowanych Franciszek Pieczka |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/film/wiadomosci/prezydent-wreczyl-ordery-orla-bialego-wsrod-uhonorowanych-franciszek-pieczka/ve7zwmv |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=Onet Kultura |language=pl}}</ref>
Pieczka died on 23 September 2022, at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nie żyje wybitny aktor Franciszek Pieczka. Miał 94 lata |url=https://www.rp.pl/kultura/art37111481-nie-zyje-wybitny-aktor-franciszek-pieczka-mial-94-lata |access-date=23 September 2022 |website=Rzeczpospolita |language=pl}}</ref>
==Filmography== {{div col}} * ''Matka Joanna od Aniołów'' (1960) * ''Kwiecień'' (1961) as Anklewicz * ''Drugi brzeg'' (1962) * ''Zacne grzechy'' (1963) * ''Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie'' (1964) * ''Czterej pancerni i pies'' (1966-1970) as Gustlik * ''Żywot Mateusza'' (1968) as Mateusz * ''Hydrozagadka'' (1970) * ''Liberation'' (1970) * ''Perła w koronie'' (1971) * ''Wesele'' (1972) as Czepiec * ''Ziemia obiecana'' (1974) as Muller * ''Potop'' (1974) as old Kiemlicz * ''Budapest Tales'' (1976) * ''The Scar'' (1976) * ''{{ill|The Woman Across the Way|de|Die Frau gegenüber}}'' (1978) * ''Jadup and Boel'' (1980) * ''Ród Gąsieniców'' (1981) * ''Austeria'' (1982) as Tag * ''Blisko coraz bliżej'' (1982) as Franciszek Pasternik * ''Konopielka'' (1982) as God * ''Axiliad'' (1986) * ''The Mother of Kings'' (1987) * ''Memories of a River'' (1990) * ''God afton, Herr Wallenberg'' (1990) * ''Burial of a Potato'' (1990) * ''Jańcio Wodnik'' (1993) * ''Johnnie Waterman'' (1994) * ''Thanks for Every New Morning'' (1994) * ''Szabla od komendanta'' (1995) * ''Historia kina w Popielawach'' (1998) * ''Syzyfowe prace'' (1998) as Joseph * ''Quo Vadis'' (2001) as Saint Peter * ''Jasminum'' (2006) * ''Ranczo'' (2007-2016) {{div col end}}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0669813}} * [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=11158 Franciszek Pieczka] at the Internet Polish Movie Database {{in lang|pl}}
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