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- Actress
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Agata Kulesza was born on 27 September 1971 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress and writer, known for Ida (2013), Cold War (2018) and The Hater (2020). She was previously married to Marcin Figurski.- Ellen Schwiers was born on 11 June 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Arms and the Man (1958), 1900 (1976) and Doktor Martin (2007). She was married to Peter Jacob. She died on 26 April 2019 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Dita Parlo was born on 4 September 1906 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for The Grand Illusion (1937), L'Atalante (1934) and Melody of the Heart (1929). She was married to Frank Guetal. She died on 12 December 1971 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski was born on 5 May 1898 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Hangmen Also Die! (1943) and Crown of Thorns (1923). He died on 19 November 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Dominika Juillet was born on 4 May 1975 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress and writer, known for Art History (2003), Dracano (2013) and Vanquisher (2011).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Burkhard Driest was born on 28 April 1939 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Querelle (1982), Annas Mutter (1984) and Cross of Iron (1977). He was married to Bettina and ???. He died on 27 February 2020 in Berlin, Germany.- Wlodzimierz Preyss was born on 28 February 1951 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Klakier (1983), Glowy pelne gwiazd (1983) and Dzieci smieci (1989).
- Anna Cieslak was born on 17 September 1980 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Masz na imie Justine (2005), War of Love (2010) and Pixels (2010). She has been married to Edward Miszczak since 21 August 2021.
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- Producer
- Director
Heinrich George was born on 9 October 1893 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and producer, known for Metropolis (1927), Burning Hearts (1945) and Die Degenhardts (1944). He was married to Berta Drews. He died on 25 September 1946 in Soviet Special Camp No. 7, Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany.- Monika Lennartz was born on 26 February 1938 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She is an actress, known for Insel der Schwäne (1983), A Hidden Life (2019) and Nicht im Traum (2018).
- George Sherwood was born on 18 April 1892 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Welcome Children (1921), Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950) and Emergency Landing (1941). He was married to Pauline Starke. He died on 26 February 1983 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Radek Ladczuk was born on 2 June 1976 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Nightingale (2018), The Babadook (2014) and Suicide Room (2011).- Editor
- Producer
- Director
Born in Szczecin, Poland, in 1975.
Michal Kosakowski is the director, writer, producer, director of photography and editor of numerous short and experimental films, documentaries, video installations and 2 feature films. His work includes more than 100 films, many of which have been shown in international festivals and exhibitions, and have received numerous awards.
Polish director Michal Kosakowski started making films when he was 10. By the age of 18 he had already directed and produced more than 20 shorts and developed his unique and controversial visual language with his first film production company Dark Productions.
After graduating from the Academy of Commerce in Vienna in 1995, he studied film production at the Vienna Film Academy.
From 1997 to 2000 he attended the artists' workshop Fabrica, the Benetton Communication Research Centre near Venice, Italy. This allowed him to develop his own film ideas in collaboration with the Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani. He also experimented with new ways of visual communication for several cultural, social and political institutions, such as the United Nations and The International Criminal Court. In 1998, he worked in North Africa as cinematographer for Mohammed Soudani's feature-length documentary film Les diseurs d'histoires (1998) and directed his film Holy War (1999), which explores the crossovers between Christmas and war.
In 2000 Michal Kosakowski returned to Vienna where he continued his creative work in the commercial area as concept developer and film editor in the renowned agency DMC - Design for Media and Communication.
In 2003 he founded the film production company nosugar added, focusing on documentaries, artist portraits, music films, commercials and experimental films, such as the award-winning Sleepers (2002) and Gipsy Express (2002). He also directed the short film Wait a Minute (2004) and the documentary The Heart of It (2004/2010) in collaboration with the Serbian writer Goran Mimica and the French writer Joseph Denize.
In 2006 Kosakowski moved to Munich, Germany where he intensified his artistic collaboration with the Austrian artist and curator Uli Aigner. Their film projects, such as Ghostakademie (2005), Just Like the Movies (2006), Fortynine (1999-2007), The Inquisitive Museum (2010) and Ephemera - Uli Aigner by Michal Kosakowski (2018), were hosted by venues as renowned as the Kunsthalle Wien, Centre Pompidou Paris, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Kunstwerke Berlin, Städtische Kunsthalle München Lothringer13, C/O Berlin - International Forum For Visual Dialogues, The Rotterdam Film Festival, Kunstfilmbiennale Cologne, ZKM - Zentrum Für Kunst Und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Museo National Centro De Arte Reina Sofia Madrid, Pierogi Gallery New York, Soho Centre Beijing, Museo da Arte Garrillo Gil Mexico City, Multiplicidade Rio De Janeiro or The Clair-Obscur Filmfestival Basel.
Kosakowski's passion for music has triggered several music film productions with and about the MKO (Munich Chamber Orchestra), the violinist KP Werani and his string trio TrioCoriolis, the Dutch musician and musicologist Francis Kuipers, the Berlin drummer Steven Garling, the Viennese violinist Mosa Sisic and the New York electronic music artist Ray Sweeten.
Since 2004 Kosakowski has been working with the Italian composer Paolo Marzocchi. For their experimental film Just Like the Movies (2006) about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Michal Kosakowski was given the award for best film and Paolo Marzocchi received the best original score prize by the international film festivals of Milan, Amsterdam, Santiago de Chile and Forli, Italy. The film was also acquired for the collections of the Library of the University of Amsterdam and the Danish Film Institute and is regularly shown at international symposia and film seminars. Just Like the Movies is also used as an instructional film by universities and academies worldwide.
From 2008 to 2011, Michal Kosakowski was active as a lecturer, teaching experimental film and theory of film-making at the MD.H (Media Design Hochschule) in Munich, Germany. In 2011, he was Jury Member of the International Feature Film Competition at the Milano Film Festival, Italy. He also curated the film program for the concert event series TrioCoriolis - Hörblicke 21 in Munich. In 2015 he was a Jury Member at the Soundtrack_Cologne 12 - German Festival of Music and Sound in Film and Media, Cologne.
Between 1996 and 2007 Michal Kosakowski created the video-installation Fortynine with more than 160 participants from 28 countries on the subject of murder fantasies. This resulted in Zero Killed in 2011 - his first feature-length film that received awards at numerous international film festivals.
In 2015 his production company Kosakowski Films produced the anthology feature film German Angst, in which he directed his episode Make a Wish alongside legendary Berlin underground director Jörg Buttgereit and the Giallo expert Andreas Marschall. The film was sold in over 10 countries and shown at over 40 international film festivals such as the Rotterdam Film Festival and Sitges Film Festival.
Since 2014 he has been creating art films, books and websites for the global art project One Million in which the artist and Michal Kosakowski's wife Uli Aigner is attempting to make a million numbered porcelain dishes before she dies. Kosakowski is continuously documenting this life-time project with his photographs.
Since 2016 Kosakowski has been producing art films for artists, art collectors and art foundations such as the Kienzle Art Foundation in Berlin. For the German patron, scientist and benefactor Prof. Dr. Jörg Thiede Kosakowski digitized his comprehensive archive and created an artistic documentation of his Berlin Secession art collection in the form of photography, art film and interactive media.
Kosakowski is also working on his film-exhibition-installation project Dark Tourism in which he examines the modern forms of commemoration of WWII and the Holocaust using 5 experimental and documentary films, several photo collage works/prints, room installations and book publications.
Michal Kosakowski lives and works together with Austrian artist Uli Aigner and their 4 children in Berlin.- She graduated from the National Theatre School in Krakow in 1998. In years 2002 to 2011 was an actress in Teatr Wspolczesny in Warszawa. She is know from her role as Lucy Wilska in "Ranczo" and has played her so far. In 2004 she married an actor and director Jacek Borcuch, but divorced him in 2012. They have one daughter, born in 2006.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actress
Paulina Marciniak was born on 17 January 1988 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an assistant director and actress, known for Pierwsza milosc (2004), Chemo (2015) and Asymetria (2020).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Jerzy Zielinski was born on 8 January 1950 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Bubble Boy (2001), Powder (1995) and Galaxy Quest (1999).- Marta Stalmierska was born on 18 April 1997 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for It Came from the Water (2022), Johnny (2022) and Green Border (2023).
- Karolina Pisarek was born on 16 August 1997 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for 365 Days: This Day (2022), The Next 365 Days (2022) and Feel More Girls.
- Hilde Weissner was born on 3 July 1909 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Something for Everyone (1970), Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried (1966) and Die Nibelungen 2. Teil - Kriemhilds Rache (1967). She was married to Gerd Ribatis and Peter Holm. She died on 30 May 1987 in Salzburg, Austria.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Radzimir Debski was born on 30 April 1987 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a composer and actor, known for The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka (2017), Panic Attack (2017) and Ranczo (2006).- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
Karolina Sawka was born on 15 December 1991 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for W pustyni i w puszczy (2001), In Desert and Wilderness (2002) and M jak milosc (2000).- Director
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Krzysztof Lukaszewicz was born on 29 February 1976 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a director and producer, known for Orleta. Grodno '39 (2022), Viva Belarus! (2013) and Lincz (2010).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Volker Koepp was born on 22 June 1944 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is a director and writer, known for Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann (1999), Die Wismut (1993) and Leben in Wittstock (1985).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Mogens von Gadow was born on 12 May 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Dieser Platonow... (1967), Something for Everyone (1970) and Tatort (1970).- Music Department
- Actress
- Producer
Cleo was born on 25 June 1983 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress and producer, known for Cleo: Za krokiem krok (2019), Donatan, Cleo & Sitek: Cicha woda (2014) and Donatan & Cleo: Slavica (2014).- Additional Crew
- Director
- Writer
Krzysztof Warlikowski was born on 26 May 1962 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Italiani (2011) and Le roi Roger (2009).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Piotr Andrejew was born on 27 October 1947 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for Czule miejsca (1981), Shadowman (1988) and Niewinna (2016). He died on 12 June 2017 in Poland.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bartek Kasprzykowski was born on 19 May 1977 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Crossing Lines (2013), Syzyfowe prace (2000) and Wszyscy kochaja Romana (2011).- Joanna is an actor fluent in English, Polish and Hindi. Her most notable work includes hosting the new season of Comedy Circus on Sony TV in Hindi and starring opposite Vir Das in his Netflix show 'Hasmukh' produced by Nikhil Advani. Joanna is a part of Season 2 of Karenjit Kaur - the Untold Story of Sunny Leone shot in South Africa. She has experience in short films working with Alt Balaji and Thought Process Films, in both of which she is seen portraying prominent roles (International and Indian).
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Janusz Kijowski was born on 14 December 1948 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Kung-fu (1979), Index (1977) and Stan strachu (1989).- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Pawel Paprocki was born on 26 April 1983 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor and composer, known for Mala Moskwa (2008), Dom wybranych and Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004).- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Kurt Graunke was born on 20 September 1915 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was a composer and actor, known for Faust (1926), Mask in Blue (1953) and Mein ganzes Herz ist voll Musik (1959). He died on 5 June 2005 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Jan Jurewicz was born on 20 October 1954 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), Na dobre i na zle (1999) and Day of the Wacko (2002).
- Mariusz Zaniewski was born on 19 October 1977 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Television Theater (1953), Intersection and Rock'n'Roll Eddie (2019).
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Ulrich Bettac was born on 2 May 1897 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Auf der grünen Wiese (1953), Komm zu mir zurück (1944) and Die kleine und die große Liebe (1938). He died on 20 April 1959 in Vienna, Austria.- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Michael Holm was born on 29 July 1943 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is an actor and composer, known for Hobo with a Shotgun (2011), The Golden Glove (2019) and Mark of the Devil (1970). He has been married to Beate since 1988. They have two children.- Piotr Grabowski was born on 8 July 1968 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Tylko milosc (2007), Na dobre i na zle (1999) and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015). He was previously married to Marta Konarska.
- Tadeusz Chudecki was born on 19 August 1958 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Na strazy swej stac bede (1984), Popielec (1984) and Pod wspólnym niebem (2017).
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Cezary Morawski was born on 5 June 1954 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor and director, known for M jak milosc (2000), Television Theater (1953) and From a Far Country (1981). He is married to Anna Zagórska.- Hans Kammler was born on 26 August 1901 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was married to Jutta Carla Anna Horn. He died on 9 May 1945 in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic].
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Adalbert Plica was born on 6 November 1937 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Fascht e Familie (1994), Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie (1994) and Die Anrheiner (1998). He was previously married to Gaby Dohm.- Fritz Bartholdt was born on 7 May 1920 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Coriolan (1978), Sankt Urban (1969) and Chiffriert an Chef - Ausfall Nr. 5 (1979). He died on 21 April 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Hubert Wilke was born in 1855 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Fairy and the Waif (1915), The Strong Way (1917) and The Great Deception (1926). He was married to Frieda Stettmeyer. He died on 22 October 1940 in Yonkers, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Sylwia von Wildburg was born on 15 January 1979 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Sommerloch (2003), Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997) and Alisa: Follow Your Heart (2009).- Uwe Karsten Koch was born on 10 December 1941 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Loose Connections (1983), Tatort (1970) and Jannan - Die Abschiebung (1986). He died on 2 June 2021.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Wojciech Wysocki was born on 16 January 1953 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Zycie wewnetrzne (1987), Zostac miss (2001) and Zostac miss 2 (2003). He is married to Joanna Wysocka. They have one child.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ernst Bader was born on 7 June 1914 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Mädchen für die Mambo-Bar (1959) and Heimweh... dort wo die Blumen blüh'n (1957). He died on 10 August 1999 in Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Klaus Gendries was born on 22 June 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Aus dem Tagebuch eines Minderjährigen (1965), Claire Berolina (1987) and Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965). He was married to Edda Dentges and Leonore Heidenreich. He died on 7 November 2023 in Berlin, Germany.- Special Effects
- Cinematographer
- Visual Effects
Kurt Marks was born on 6 May 1933 in Altdamm, Pomerania, Germany [now Dabie, Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was a cinematographer, known for Eolomea (1972), Signale - Ein Weltraumabenteuer (1970) and Anflug Alpha I (1971). He died on 14 October 2011 in Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg, Germany.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Heinz Giese was born on 5 June 1919 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ein Sommernachtstraum (1958), Raskolnikow (1953) and Waterloo (1969). He was married to Ingeborg Wellmann. He died on 19 October 2010 in Berlin, Germany.