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Feliks Szajnert

It started out trivially. Against my parents’ will, in my penultimate year in high school, I decided to become an actor. Fifty-seven years have passed and I don’t regret it. In the meantime, I’ve built a house, had 3 sons, and planted a lot of trees. It’s been all right.

Biography

Born in 1944, graduate of PWSFTviT National Film School in Łódź. He worked for the Wojciech Bogusławski Theatre in Kalisz (1965-1969), the Dolnośląski Theatre in Jelenia Góra (1969-70), the Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Olsztyn (1970-73), the Polski Theatre in Szczecin (1973-1974), and the Ludowy Theatre in Krakow (1974).

Since 1974, he has been part of the ensemble of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, where he was cast in: Mikołaj of Wilkowiecko’s Historyjq o chwalebnym Zmartwychwstaniu Pańskim [The Story of the Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord] directed by Kazimierz Dejmek (1976), Mikhail Bulgakov’s Molière, or the Cabal of Hypocrites directed by Jerzy Zegalski (1977), Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull directed by Krystyna Skuszanka (1980), Pierre A. Beaumarchais’ The Marriage of Figaro directed by Anna Polony (1992), William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar directed by Jerzy Goliński (1993), Juliusz Słowacki’s The Constant Prince directed by Andrzej Pawłowski (1998), Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot directed by Barbara Sass (2002), Juliusz Słowacki’s Kordian directed by Janusz Wiśniewski (2006), Stanisław Wyspiański’s The Wedding directed by Bodolay (2007), Bram Soker’s Dracula directed by Artur Tyszkiewicz (2008), Władysław Reymont’s The Promised Land directed by Wojciech Kościelniak (2011), Każdy musi kiedyś umrzeć Porcelanko, czyli rzecz o Wojnie Trojańskiej [Everyone Must Die One Day, Dear Porcelain, or a Comment on the Trojan War] directed by Agata Duda-Gracz (2013), Sławomir Mrożek’s The Carnival or Adam’s First Wife directed by Bogdan Ciosek (2013), Stanisław Wyspiański’s Liberation directed by Radosław Rychcik (2017).

Guest actor at the STU Theatre and at the Capitol Theatre in Wrocław. His accomplishments include award-winning monodramas.

He has played in numerous Polish feature films and TV series.

His role as Coleman in M. McDonagh’s play The Lonesome West (directed by Katarzyna Deszcz) was awarded a distinction at the 1st Festival of Contemporary Playwriting in Zabrze, and at the 5th Comedy Festival ‘Talia’ in Tarnów. He also played numerous roles in film and television, including Television Theatre.

In 1983, he received the Silver Cross of Merit, and a
medal of Merit in the Service of Culture. In March 2012, he was awarded the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture ‘Gloria Artis’.

Currently in cast

The Doll

The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow - The Grand Stage

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June
Sat 10 18:00
June
Sun 11 16:00
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Act of Killing

based on the movie "The Act of Killing" Joshuy Oppenheimera

The MOS Stage - The MOS Stage

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Wed 21 19:00
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Thu 22 19:00
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Fri 23 19:00
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Sat 24 16:00
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The Imaginary Invalid

The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow - The Grand Stage

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June
Thu 29 19:00
June
Fri 30 20:00
120 minutes
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Forefathers' Eve

The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow - The Grand Stage

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Grub

The MOS Stage - The MOS Stage

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OF TWO DOCTORS AND ONE PATIENT

OR SEX, POWER AND MEDICINE

The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow - The Machine House [Miniature] Stage

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June
Sat 24 19:00
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Sun 25 17:00
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Revenge

The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow - The Grand Stage

Rola: Papkin

85 minutes
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The Name of the Rose

The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow - The Grand Stage

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Winter Nesting

BASED ON A NOVEL BY DOMINIKA SŁOWIK

The MOS Stage - The MOS Stage

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Nagrody

2018 r.