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Wieńczysław Gliński (10 May 1921 – 8 July 2008) was a Polish stage and film actor. He was a member of the Polish resistance movement
Home Army The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...
during
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. He was also a prisoner in the Nazi German concentration camp Majdanek. After the war Wieńczysław Gliński has starred in many movies. He has also performed in many theatres, including the Polish Theatre and National Theatre in Warsaw. A lecturer at the Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna in
Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
. At the 1st Moscow International Film Festival he won a Silver Medal for acting for his role in the film '' The Eagle''.


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Wieńczysław Gliński
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