Władysław Hańcza

The recorded working language is Polish. Employment is recorded with Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Work Flag Order, 1st class and Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

• Born — 18 May 1905 • Birthplace — Łódź, Congress Poland • Died — 19 November 1977 • Place of death — Warsaw, Poland • Occupation — actor, stage director

In 1924, he graduated high school in his hometown of Łódź. Afterwards he studied philosophy and Polish philology at the University of Poznań. In 1927, he made his actor debut in a theater in Poznań.

He performed in theatres in Poznań, Katowice, Toruń and Łódź, before he joined the National Theatre in Warsaw in 1939. During the German occupation in World War II, he joined an underground theater in Warsaw. In October 1944, he was deported by the Germans to a forced labour camp in Cottbus, and imprisoned there until the war ended in May 1945. After the war he was a lecturer at the State Theatre Academy in Warsaw.

• Popioły (1965) • Sami swoi (1967) as Władysław Kargul • Colonel Wołodyjowski (1968) as old Nowowiejski • Chłopi (1973) as Maciej Boryna • Potop (1974) as prince Janusz Radziwiłł • Nie ma mocnych (1974) • Nights and Days (Noce i Dnie) (1975) as Jan Łada • Kochaj albo rzuć (1977)