Piotr Fronczewski

Piotr Fronczewski (2003)

Piotr Fronczewski (born June 8, 1946 in Łódź ) is a Polish actor .

Piotr Fronczewski received his acting training in the 1960s at the PWST State Drama School in Warsaw . He graduated from college in 1968 with a diploma. As a child, he had taken on a small role in a feature film in 1958. After studying acting, he got his first engagement at the Warsaw Teatr Narodowy in 1968 . After further engagements at high-ranking Warsaw theaters, he has been a member of the Teatr Ateneum ensemble since 1991 . In addition to his theater and film work, Fronczewski also appears in various cabarets under his pseudonym Franek Kimono. Fronczewski is the father of two daughters (born in 1975 and 1978) who performed children's songs with him in the 1980s.

Filmography (selection)

• 1958: The Hanseatic City (Wolne Miasto) - Director: Stanisław Różewicz
• 1970: How I unleashed World War II (Jak rozpętałem druga wojnę światowa 2) - directed by Tadeusz Chmielewski
• 1972: The Preservation (Ocalenie) - Director: Edward Zebrowski
• 1975: The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana) - Director: Andrzej Wajda
• 1975: The quarterly balance sheet (Bilans kwartalny) - Director: Krzysztof Zanussi
• 1977: With Yourself (Sam na sam) - Director: Andrzej Kostenko
• 1978: Room with a Sea View (Pokój z widokiem na morze) - Director: Janusz Zaorski
• 1978: Not befitting (Trędowata) - Director: Jerzy Hoffman
• 1979: The Secret of Enigma (Secret enigmy) - Director: Roman Wionczek
• 1979: Self-Defense (Kung-Fu) - Director: Janusz Kijowski
• 1981: From a distant land (Da un paese lontano) - Director: Krzysztof Zanussi
• 1982: Der Kurpfuscher (Znachor) - Director: Jerzy Hoffman
• 1983: To tylko rock - directed by Pawel Karpiński
• 1983: The twenties and thirties (Lata dwudzieste… lata trzydzieste) - Director: Janusz Rzeszeweski
• 1984: The Academy of Mr. Klecks (Akademia pana Kleksa) - Director: Krzysztof Gradowski
• 1984: The Baritone (Baryton) - Director: Janusz Zaorski
• 1984: Synthesis (Synteza) - directed by Maciej Wojtyszko
• 1989: The Consul (Consul) - Director: Mirosław Bork
• 1997: Our Stranger Child (Cudze szczęście) - Director: Mirosław Bork
• 1993: The Stranger Must Fly - Berlin Breslauer Platz - Director: Wiesław Saniewski
• 1991: Escape from the cinema "Freedom" (Ucieczka z kina "Wolność") - director: Wojciech Marczewski
• 2001: Weiser - Director: Wojciech Marczewski
• 2002: Chopin - Longing for Love (Chopin. Pragnienie miłości) - Director: Jerzy Antczak
• 2008: Po-lin. Traces of Memory (Po-lin. Okruchy pamięci) as speaker - director: Jolanta Dylewska
• 2009: Niko - A reindeer takes off (Niko - Lentäjän poika) - Director: Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen
• 2009: Disney's A Christmas Carol - Director: Robert Zemeckis
• 2019: Dunkel, almost Nacht (Ciemno, prawie noc) - Director: Borys Lankosz

Discography

Singles

• 1983 Franek Kimono (Tonpress)
• 1984 Franek Kimono (Arston)

LP

• 1984 Franek Kimono (Arston)
• 1986 Crazy Zdzich (Polton)

CD

• 1991 Franek Kimono (Alcom)
• 1993 Pan Kimono ( Sony Music )
• 1999 Franek Kimono (Sony Music)
• 2001 Portrait of Piotr Fronczewski ( EMI )

Web links

• Piotr Fronczewski in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Piotr Fronczewski on filmpolski.pl (Polish)