Andrzej Wasilewicz (10 March 1951 – 13 December 2016) was a Polish stage and film actor, and film director. Wasilewicz was born in

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in 1951. In 1975, he graduated from PWST in

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. His first major film role came in 1974—as Zenek, Ania's fiancé—in the film ''

Nie ma mocnych ''Take It Easy'' ( pl, Nie ma mocnych) is a 1974 Polish comedy film directed by Sylwester Chęciński. It is the second part of a trilogy about two quarreling peasants Kargul and Pawlak, which started with ''Sami swoi'', and concluded with ''Kocha ...

''. Since the 1980s he lived in the

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and studied at the

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. Wasilewicz had suffered from

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and died from the disease on December 13, 2016, at a hospital on

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. He was 65.

Filmography

*''Portfel'' (1970) (uncredited) *''Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne'' (1971) as a table tennis umpire (uncredited) *''

'' (1974) as Zenek *''Trzecia granica'' (1975) as Andrzej Bukowian *''Dziewczyna i chłopak'' (1977) as Tomek's coach *''Kochaj albo rzuć'' (1977) as Zenek *''Sprawa Gorgonowej'' (1977) as a police officer *''Bilet powrotny'' (1978) as a wedding guest *''Aria dla atlety'' (1979) as Abs *''Racławice'' 1794 (1979) *''Wolne chwile'' (1979) as Mikołaj *''Najdłuższa wojna nowoczesnej Europy'' (1979–1981) as Hans *'' Miś'' (1980) as a son seeing his mother to the airport *''Dom'' (TV series) (1980) as a steam locomotive worker *''Wizja lokalna'' 1901 (1980) as teacher Gardo *''

Alicja Alicja is a Polish language given name that is equivalent to Alice in English. Notable people with the name include: *Alicja Bachleda-Curuś (born 1983), Polish actress and singer *Alicja Boratyn (born 1992), Polish singer *Alicja Dorabialska (18 ...

'' (1982) as a gangster *''

Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku ''Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku'' (lit. ''Happy New York,'' also titled as ''Merry Christmas and a Happy New York''

'' (1997) as a "Klient" witch loppers

References

1951 births 2016 deaths Polish film directors Polish male film actors Polish male stage actors People from Białogard Actors from West Pomeranian Voivodeship {{Poland-actor-stub