Andrzej Leszczyc is a fictional character created and performed by

Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski (, born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début ''Oko wykol' ...

. He appears in three Skolimowski's early movies: '' Identification Marks: None'' (''Rysopis'', 1964), ''

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'' (''Walkower'', 1965) and '' Hands Up!'' (''Ręce do góry'', completed 1967, released 1981).

Description

Andrzej Leszczyc is a young, about 26 years old, intelligent man, past

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student. He is lost in his life. Iwona Grodź wrote in Skolimowski's biography that "uncertainty about Leszczyc's own plans denies his maturity. He doesn't know, what he wants to do in his life”. Leszczyc sometimes has been described as Skolimowski's alter ego.

Skolimowski about Leszczyc

Skolimowski said about the role: "Obviously, I didn't want to expose myself too much...Leszczyc is a good mixture of fiction and reality. But he isn't me. Only to a certain degree”. The director also said, that he was improvising a lot playing Leszczyc.

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Jerzy Skolimowski as Andrzej Leszczyc in ''Identification Marks: None''
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