Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈʂtur]; 18 April 1947-9 July 2024) was one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish film and theatre actors. He also worked as a screenwriter, film director and drama professor. He served as the Rector of the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków for two terms: from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2002 to 2008.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.161 |
| Birthday | 1947-04-18 |
| Place of Birth | Kraków, Poland |
| Also Known As | Ежи Штур, Jerzy Oskar Stuhr, |
1994
Three Colors: White
7.5/1214
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due t...
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Three Colors: White
2022
Sonata
7.667/9
Diagnosed as an autistic child, Grzegorz lives in his own, hermetic world not being able to connect with others. When he is a teenager, it turns out t...
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Sonata
1997
Killer
7.6/156
An innocent cab driver is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs a "killer" for a few more jobs.
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Killer
2023
I Will Not Starve
8.2/2
I Will Not Starve tells the story of a fallen chef, formerly a Michelin star, who returns to Turin following the death of his ex-wife and after severa...
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I Will Not Starve
1979
Camera Buff
7.494/169
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Part...
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Camera Buff
1977
Ich czworo
0/0
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Ich czworo
1988
King Size
6.8/85
The story follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big...
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King Size
2007
Twists of Fate
5/1
A morality tale that starts from answering a mysterious passenger's mobile phone left on a train, and intertwines the lives of student Bartek, who lea...
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Twists of Fate
2021
Talking Heads 2021
1/1
The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocut...
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Talking Heads 2021
2011
We Have a Pope
6.799/549
The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince...
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We Have a Pope
2001
Down House
6.39/50
The plot is set in modern Moscow, in the 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 SUVs, bribery, violence, truck fulls of tinned stew as a dowry, etc.
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Down House
1999
Killer 2
7.122/98
Jurek Kiler has become a VIP - sponsoring the Polish government, playing tennis with the President, meeting world leaders. He must oversee a transfer...
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Killer 2
1981
Wizja lokalna 1901
5.5/2
More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border...
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Wizja lokalna 1901
1976
The Scar
6.338/37
When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan Bednarz is put in charge of it. This honest communist par...
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The Scar
2010
Mystification
5.8/3
Lazowski, an expelled university student, investigates the supposed suicide of the famous artist Witkacy and tries to prove that the artist is in fact...
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Mystification
1984
Sexmission
7.294/294
Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. I...
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Sexmission
1993
Hijacking Agatha
6.7/5
A parliament member's sixteen year old daughter Agatha falls in love and runs away with a convicted young tramp, while her father uses his friends in...
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Hijacking Agatha
2004
Arje
4.6/4
A drama about a doctor Arje who discovers his illness and decides to go to Israel in order to meet Sonya - the love of his life.
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Arje
1985
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
6.7/65
The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The planet is frozen and radiation kills anyone or anything that ventures outside of 'The Dome'. Soft is a...
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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
1990
Déjà vu
6.9/48
The Prohibition years. Chicago bootleggers suffer losses due to their betrayal by one Mick Nich - Mikita Nichiporuk. The mob decides to execute the tr...
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Déjà vu
2003
19. południk
0/0
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19. południk
2023
A Brighter Tomorrow
7.1/307
An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divor...
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A Brighter Tomorrow
1986
Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes
6.351/48
Scope is a prisoner on a behemoth space station and is chosen, like all his fellow prisoners, to 'volunteer' for the exploration of far-away planets....
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Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes
1981
From a Far Country
3.9/11
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy,...
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From a Far Country
2010
Let It Be
5/9
Mary is a young girl, daughter of shepherds, promised in marriage to Joseph, a widower with two children, living in the nearby village of Nazareth, in...
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Let It Be
2000
The Big Animal
7.1/23
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple in a Polish village. Although the wife is initially bewildered by...
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The Big Animal
1972
The Third Part of the Night
6.9/80
Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, in which Michał witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child. He is hurled into a life that literally...
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The Third Part of the Night
1986
Hero of the Year
6/1
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Hero of the Year
1980
The Moth
6.4/12
This is psychological drama by Tomasz Zygadlo begins as a straightforward story. Jan is the host of a nightly talk show in which he counsels people wh...
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The Moth
1988
Cupid's Bow
4.8/4
Lavish romantic melodrama, obsessively concerned with sex. Maryska's husband is off to war. He soon is reported missing, and she does not protest much...
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Cupid's Bow
1980
Szansa
0/0
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Szansa
1989
Decalogue X
7.9/126
Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness...
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Decalogue X
2003
Tomorrow's Weather
6.8/29
A man, after having abandoned his family to live in a monastery, goes back into the world after 17 years.
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Tomorrow's Weather
1985
Medium
5.7/21
Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact a murder ritual that took place 36 years earlier.
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Medium
1978
Top Dog
6.5/17
An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything to get a job he thinks will launch him into a better career.
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Top Dog
1989
Citizen Piszczyk
6.1/8
This film is a sequel to Munk's Zezowate Szczescie and it's much the same, only more so. The film begins in a cinema, where the last scenes of Zezowat...
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Citizen Piszczyk
2009
Gwiazda Kopernika
3/1
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Gwiazda Kopernika
2005
Persona non grata
4.8/12
A Polish ambassador (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife.
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Persona non grata
1997
Love Stories
6.8/9
Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a dru...
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Love Stories
1979
Provincial Actors
5.9/7
The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to produce a classic play (Wyspianski "Wyzwolenie") with a mod...
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Provincial Actors
2014
Citizen
5.556/18
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 an...
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Citizen
1992
Tango
0/0
A TV adaptation of Sławomir Mrożek's play, about a family whose rejection of traditional values leads to erosion of their daily lives and Artur's, the...
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Tango
1978
Seans
0/0
At the Cultural Center, a young scientist gives a lecture that evokes spontaneous reactions from the audience.
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Seans
1987
Blind Chance
7.6/216
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
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Blind Chance
1976
Slate
5/19
A short making-of from the set of Kieslowski's feature film "Blizna", which uses a lot the word "Action!" and the slate.
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Slate
1988
The Death of John L.
4/2
Zbigniew Gąsior, a thirty year old singer, is a youth idol. Despite fame, money and success with women he can't neglect the emptiness in his life.
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The Death of John L.
2005
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
8.5/3
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about Kieslo...
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Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
2007
The Perfect Afternoon
3/2
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The Perfect Afternoon
2003
Show
6/11
Petty thief Czarek takes part in a TV reality show to escape from the mafia. He is sent to a house on a desert island with 9 other contestants. Even t...
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Show
1980
The Calm
6.8/13
A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only o...
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The Calm
1980
A Party for Ten, Plus Three
7.3/6
A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the w...
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A Party for Ten, Plus Three
1971
Milion za Laurę
6/1
An antique guitar brings upon a series of increasingly fantastical encounters.
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Milion za Laurę
1980
Chance
6/1
Jerzy Stuhr plays a high school teacher with a sensitive outlook on life and a soft spot for students who like art and literature as passionately as h...
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Chance
1995
List of Lovers
6.6/4
Jerzy Stuhr Poland s most beloved actor wrote and directed this charming comedy that caters to his image as an innocent caught in a cynical world.
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List of Lovers
1999
A Week in the Life of a Man
6.167/12
Jerzy Stuhr wrote, directed, and starred in this drama about a man sworn to uphold the law who applies a very different moral code to himself than he...
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A Week in the Life of a Man
1981
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
6.6/41
Poland, Christmastime. A band of hyperintelligent, bloodthirsty Martians take over the country and enlist hapless television newscaster Iron Ide as th...
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The War of the Worlds: Next Century
2000
La vita altrui
0/0
The apparently quiet lives of four milanese bourgeois couples become intertwined
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La vita altrui
1973
Through and Through
6.2/11
Jan and Maria meet at a party and are immediately drawn to each other. Their difficult financial situation and the scorn of society inflicted on them...
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Through and Through
1987
Train for Hollywood
5.5/8
A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high sc...
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Train for Hollywood
2018
Forgive Us Our Debts
6.1/281
Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.
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Forgive Us Our Debts
1991
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
6.1/16
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
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Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
1977
Próba ciśnenia
0/0
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Próba ciśnenia
1975
Strach
0/0
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Strach
1996
Matka swojej matki
5/2
Barbara leads a stable life, is fulfilled professionally and has a loving family. Her foster daughter Alicja, who learns that she is adopted, decides...
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Matka swojej matki
1987
The Mother of the Kings
6.2/6
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their ne...
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The Mother of the Kings
1984
A Year of the Quiet Sun
6.6/29
Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both exp...
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A Year of the Quiet Sun
1987
Escape
0/0
Teenager pretends to be mentally ill to get away from a reformatory.
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Escape
1978
Without Anesthesia
6.6/14
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show feat...
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Without Anesthesia
2006
The Caiman
6.7/262
Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s p...
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The Caiman
1987
Crime and Punishment
0/0
Polish television play adaptation of the first of Fyodor Dostoevsky's great novels, in which reflections on the commandment "thou shalt not kill" are...
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Crime and Punishment
1974
November Night
0/0
Television play adaptation of Wajda's stage play of Stanisław Wyspiański's November Night. The drama takes place on two levels - historical and metaph...
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