
Zbigniew Sawan
Known For & Full Filmography16 Titles

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes • as profesor, pacjent w klinice Langa
The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes • as generał Inteligence Service, przełożony Nicholsa
A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes • as Antoni, szlachcic
Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor. The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer. There are 13 1-hour episodes.

Movie - 1928, 2h 15m • as Cezary Baryka
Directed by Henryk Szaro.

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m • as Nawrat
Engineer Nawrat, together with the mining crew, takes up the fight to save the local mine from being taken over by foreign capital.

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Krzysztof's Father
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Porter (uncredited)
Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero known as As.

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, teenage scouts Alek, Rudy, and Zośka risk their lives pulling down a swastika and hoisting the Polish flag atop the German “Zachęta” cultural center and then blowing up a mobile propaganda cinema.

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Władek
Accomplished playwright supervises the stage rehearsals for his new play away from home. He rents a room at a private house, which is owned by mother and daughter. Wiktor gets entangled in the two women's bizarre relationship.

Movie - 1931, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A Russian spy enlists naïve Nadia to seduce ministry official Henryk Barczyński and discredit him, but their staged affair turns into genuine love.

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as The Accused
Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Leiter der Raumstation Luna Nord
In the middle of the next century, a spaceship loses its bearings, and the commander of another space crew, seemingly on a routine check flight, decides to investigate. The result is an unusual suspense adventure.

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Parson
The Republic of Poland of the 16th century. During the period of religious tolerance, the Sieniawski and Bielecki families compete with each other.

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Skarbek
Gustlik learns the magical world of Silesian legends listening to his grandfather's stories.

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Hanka's Father
A young designer is tormented by remorse after a viaduct of his design collapses.

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Clemenceau
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength seriously, eventually defeating a name wrestler in a fair match. Angered circus manager fires him; he leaves happily due to two wrestler brothers who were harassing him. The wrestler goes on to fame, performing in the world's top arenas, and one day is serenaded by a tenor from the crowd. Fame brings him women and admirers but he is uncompromising on his profession. He has his revenge on one of his tormentors defeating him in the ring. One day, attending a game in a tuxedo, he is challenged by another of the brothers and drawn into a brutal game, in course of which he kills his opponent. Thus his career ends.