Andrzej Łapicki

Andrzej Łapicki (11 November 1924 – 21 July 2012)^[1] was a Polish film actor, theater director and actor. He enjoyed a long career, appearing in 50 films between 1947 and 1999. Łapicki also served a term in the Sejm as a member of KO "Solidarity" after the 1989 Polish elections.

Andrzej Łapicki
Born	(1924-11-11)11 November 1924 Riga, Latvia
Died	21 July 2012(2012-07-21) (aged 87) Warsaw, Poland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–1999

Łapicki was born to Zofia (nee Fromont) and Borys Łapicki [pl], a professor and lecturer of Roman law at the universities of Saratov and Yaroslavl. When the family left Soviet Russia in 1922, they travelled to Poland through Latvia, where Andrzej was born, and Lithuania, and later worked at the University of Warsaw and the University of Łódź. However, they maintained close contact with the part of the family that remained in Latvia and spent the summers with Łapicki's aunt in Rīgas Jūrmala. In his last years, he wrote columns in the Polish press, where he described his childhood memories from Latvia with very warm feelings.^[2]

Łapicki played a large amount of roles on Polish theater stages. As an actor and director, the work of the 19th century Polish comedy writer Aleksander Fredro was especially close to him. He was a tutor, and later, rector (1981–1987 and 1993–1996) of the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw.^[2]

He was married twice. His first marriage to Zofia Chrząszczewska lasted from 1947 to her death in 2005. He then married theatrologist Kamila Mścichowska in 2009 and remained with her until his death.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1946	Dwie godziny	Lady's Date	Uncredited
1947	Zakazane piosenki	Conspirator
1947	Jasne Lany	Lesniewski
1950	Dwie brygady	Stanisz, actor playing Lojza
1950	Unvanquished City	SS Officer
1953	Zolnierz zwyciestwa	John Lane
1953	Sprawa do zalatwienia	Narrator	Uncredited
1954	Domek z kart	Starosta
1960	Powrót	Jurek 'Siwy'
1961	Tonight a City Will Die	Piotr
1962	Spotkanie w "Bajce" (aka Cafe From The Past)	Wiktor
1963	Pamietnik pani Hanki	Jacek Renowicki
1963	Naprawde wczoraj	Nowak
1965	Zycie raz jeszcze	Capt. Piotr Grajewski
1965	Salto	Pietuch
1966	Sposób bycia	Man
1966	Lekarstwo na milosc	Andrzej
1967	Gdzie jest trzeci król	Capt. Stefan Berent
1968	Poradnik matrymonialny	Dr. Bogumil
1968	Dancing w kwaterze Hitlera	Niemiecki turysta
1968	Lalka	Kazimierz Starski
1969	Everything for Sale	Andrzej
1970	Jarzebina czerwona	Lt. Gorczynski
1971	Epilog norymberski	R. H. Jackson
1972	How Far Away, How Near	Andrzej
1973	The Wedding	Poet
1973	Zazdrosc i medycyna	Dr. Tamten
1975	The Promised Land	Trawinski
1977	Sprawa Gorgonowej	Kulczycki
1979	The Maids of Wilko	Doctor
1980	Urodziny mlodego warszawiaka	Jerzy's Father Stanislaw Bielecki
1981	From a Far Country
1982	Debiutantka	Jerzy
1986	Dziewczeta z Nowolipek	Professor
1987	W zawieszeniu	Dr. Ruczynski
1988	Wherever You Are...	Hulanicki
1989	Inventory	Tomek's Father
1989	A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve'	Tzar
1999	Pan Tadeusz	Priest

References

1. "Andrzej Łapicki nie żyje". rp.pl. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
2. "Mūžībā aizgājis Latvijā dzimušais poļu aktieris Andžejs Lapickis" [Andrzej Lapicki, Latvia-born Polish actor, has died]. Diena.lv (in Latvian). 23 July 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
3. "Andrzej Łapicki". Filmweb (in Polish). Retrieved 20 July 2018.

External links

• Andrzej Łapicki at IMDb