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Jan Nowicki

Jan Nowicki

Actor, also writer · Died December 7, 2022, aged 83 · Kowal, kujawsko-pomorskie, Polska

Jan Nowicki (5 November 1939 – 7 December 2022) was an actor and writer, known for The Hourglass Sanatorium, The Third Part of the Night or Big Shar. He appeared in over 100 films and television episodes since 1963.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 5, 1939
Died
December 7, 2022 (aged 83)
From
Kowal, kujawsko-pomorskie, Polska
Works as
Actor, also writer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 111 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 13% in 30 days

What are Jan Nowicki's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Morality
16%
Bonds
14%
Survival
13%
Power
10%
Ideas
9%
Society
6%
Memory2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 5
Ally
1 of 5
Hero
1 of 5
Shapeshifter
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
6
Contemplative
4
Absurd
3
Dread
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jan Nowicki's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on MUBI (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jan Nowicki's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

111 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Life in the Mud is Golden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Edward

  • The Perfect Number (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Beggar

  • Fanatyk(2017)

    as Bogdan

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • 11 Minutes(2015)

    as Malarz

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Polish Roulette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Eryk

  • Pokaż kotku, co masz w środku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Kowalski

  • Daas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as count Von Nogai

  • Fenomen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Oliwia's father

  • Spadkobiercy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as prezes agencji aktorskiej

  • Before Twilight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Jerzy

  • Revisited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Marek

  • Nie ma takiego numeru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as 'Wielki Szu'

  • Autor wychodzi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as starszy pan

  • The Foundation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Tulips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as "Matka"

  • The Unburied Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Imre Nagy

  • The Five Obstructions(2003)

    as Man with Jacket (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment Cartoon)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • E=mc² (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Edward 'X' Nowicki

  • Król przedmieścia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Wiesiek 'Malina'

  • Marszałek Piłsudski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Listy miłosne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Lunapark Owner

  • Zostać miss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 26 episodes · as Alfred Kleber

  • Przedwiośnie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Uncle Leon Skalnicki

  • The Miraculous Mandarin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Little Vilma: The Last Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Zdenek

  • Daughters of Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Robert

  • So-Called Humanity in Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • History of Cinema in Popielawy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Dziedzic

  • Magneto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Zanik

  • Młode Wilki 1/2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Jerzy Chmielewski

  • Sztos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Eryk

  • Deszczowy żołnierz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Jan Szymański

  • The Wedding Night During the Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Magister

  • Poznań 56 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as profesor w wagonie

  • The Seventh Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Franz Heller

  • Smugglers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Jerzy Chmielewski

  • Oh, oh Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Romeo

  • Children and Fish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Marek

  • Fetus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Péter

  • At the End of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as literat Ryszard

  • The Spider Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Ryszard Brun

  • SuperWizja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Robert Moren

  • The Great Post Office Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as rendőr

  • Panny i wdowy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Cyprian Lechicki

  • Ruthless Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Jeleky Barna

  • Panny i wdowy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Cyprian Lechicki

  • Napoleon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 6 episodes · as Murat/Barras

  • Prisoners of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Actor

  • Potyatusok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Prisoner

  • Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Actor

  • Diary for My Father and My Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as János

  • Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood(1989)

    Writer · as Ornithologist

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza(1989)

    as Ghost / Belzebub

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Notes on Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Manden med frakken / Man with jacket

  • Biała wizytówka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 6 episodes · as książę Hans Heinrich XV von Teuss

  • Upstairs, Downstairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Painter

  • Vera - Der schwere Weg der Erkenntnis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 3 episodes · as Frederic Shelvin

  • Ich liebe dich - April! April! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Actor

  • The Magnate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Prince Hans Heinrich XV von Teuss

  • Diary for My Lovers(1987)

    as János

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Siegfried (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Waldo

  • Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes(1986)

    as Al

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Girls of Nowolipki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Różycki

  • Hülyeség nem akadály (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Actor

  • O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Engineer

  • Salvation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Baumgartner

  • Vieras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • Diary for My Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Janos

  • To See the Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • The Land of Mirage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Thury polgármester

  • Big Shar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as 'Wielki Szu'

  • Spokojne lata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Mag

  • Wasted Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • Crab and Joanna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Zygmunt Brzeziński, technolog na "Rybaku Morskim"

  • A Mother, a Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Actor

  • In Broad Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as lawyer

  • As the Years Go By, As the Days Go By... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · as Jan Kozicki

  • The Inheritance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Writer · as Ákos

  • Golem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Champion of Sleep

  • On the Move (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Writer · as Marek

  • Nightmares (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Chwostek

  • Just Like at Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Novák András

  • The Spiral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Tomasz

  • November Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Grand Duke / Ares

  • The Two of Them(1977)

    as Bodnár János

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Krótka podróż (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Paweł

  • Red Thorns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Stefan Wojnicz

  • Nine Months (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as János Bognár

  • Tylko Beatrycze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Napoleon Orsini

  • Dyrektorzy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 2 episodes · as inż. Adam Stokłos, k-nik wydziału / z-ca dyrektora ds. techn. · as inżynier Adam Stokłos, dyrektor naczelny zjednoczenia

  • Nights and Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Preusker

  • Dostojeństwo rodzinnego domu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • Hour After Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Jan

  • A Story in Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Kuryło

  • Lost Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Konstanty

  • Pozwólcie nam do woli fruwać nad ogrodem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Andrzej

  • The Hourglass Sanatorium(1973)

    as Józef

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Siedem czerwonych róż, czyli Benek kwiaciarz o sobie i o innych (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Manager

  • Scorpio, Virgo and Sagittarius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Jakub

  • The Anatomy of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Adam

  • The Third Part of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Jan

  • Family Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Marek Sobota

  • Doktor Ewa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 9 episodes · as Borecki, inżynier

  • A Hole in the Ground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Andrzej Orawiec

  • Colonel Wolodyjowski(1969)

    as Ketling-Hassling of Elgin

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Korn's Password (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Captain Nawrot

  • Barrier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Protagonist

  • 13 piętro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Young Man

  • The Ashes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Captain Wyganowski

  • The First Day of Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • New Year's Eve Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as New Year's Eve party guest (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 111 titles from 1963 to 2023; peak year 1984.

Biggest box office

11 Minutes (2015)

$572K worldwide

Highest rated

The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

Midcredits 91st

Film career

19632023

Peak 1984 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1969Screen debut· Colonel Wolodyjowski
  • 1973First top-billed film· The Hourglass Sanatorium

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting111 of 111: 108 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thWriting3 of 111: 0 only writing, 3 with another role

111 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1960s7 · acting1970s25 · 25 acting · 1 crew1980s28 · 28 acting · 2 crew1990s26 · acting2000s17 · acting2010s6 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 23% of 13 roles
6984

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jan Nowicki's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 8 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed2

Most loved · actor

The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

Midcredits 91st · 76% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jan Nowicki work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jan Nowicki's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Márta Mészáros shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers