Hans-Joachim Recknitz
Date of birth: 1931-05-25
Place of birth: Baden-Baden, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jacek Recknitz, H. J. Recknitz, Jack Recknitz, Jackie Recknitz
Biography
Jack Recknitz (born Hans-Joachim Recknitz; 1931-2013) was a German and Polish actor. Born 25 May 1931 in Baden-Baden to a family of actors: Hans-Joachim Zinke senior and Katharina Recknitz. Early in his youth he started working for the Leipzig Radio as a speaker and news anchor, as well as appearing in various theatres in the German Democratic Republic. In 1953 he graduated from Schauspielschule in Mannheim and passed his actors' exams as an extramural student. He appeared on stage in Annaberg, Parchim, Bautzen and Karl-Marx-Stadt (modern Chemnitz). In 1965 he moved to Poland, where he appeared in over 80 feature films, mostly in the roles of foreigners: Germans, Britons or Americans. While in Poland he was sometimes credited as Jacek Recknitz. Between 1966 and 1968 he also worked at the Polish Radio. In addition to his film work, in 1967 he became a permanent member of the Jewish Theatre in Warsaw, where he remained until 1980. Perhaps his greatest acting success was the role of unnamed "foreign journalist", based on the real-life experiences of Julien Bryan, in the 1978 film ...Gdziekolwiek jesteś Panie Prezydencie (Wherever you may be, Mr. President) by Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki.[1] For this role he received the Special Prize at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Late in his life he moved back to his native Baden-Baden in Germany, where he died on 13 January 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Recknitz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movie Credits
Ostatnie takie trio
1977-04-29
Pygmalion XII
1971-03-28
In Frankfurt am Main, a red sports car crashes into a wall and bursts into flames along with the dri
Wizja lokalna 1901
1981-01-26
More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 ch
Warszawa
2003-11-14
On an ordinary winter's day, various people from outside Warsaw come to the Polish capital city for
Katastrofa w Gibraltarze
1983-01-01
A fictionalized documentary about the life of General Władysław Sikorski from the beginning of World
Skarb trzech łotrów
1972-11-16
An old man's death leads to a high-profile police investigation, who connect the crime with the sear
Na krawędzi
1973-03-09
A Polish counterintelligence officer infiltrates a spy network in Munich.
Aria for an Athlete
1979-01-01
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz.
Różaniec z granatów
1970-07-17
Fall 1944. A wounded Polish officer, Ryszard, is brought to the Allied field hospital. He notices an
Tender Spots
1981-08-28
The year is 1998 and the world is in an ecological cataclysm: there is shortage of water, environmen
Death of a President
1977-10-10
After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in
Wherever You Are, Mr. President
1978-09-12
Stefan Starzyński, the mayor of Warsaw, organizes life in the capital in September 1939 and lift the
The Slurb
2001-10-17
One Saturday, the Slurb, a strange little creature with a proboscis nose, enters Mr. Taschenbier's l
Rh+
2005-01-21
Things go horribly wrong for Ola and her friends when she tries to help journalist Agata find an int
There Is No Return, Johnny
1970-04-28
An American officer and a North Vietnamese prisoner of war are stranded and chained together in the
Der Voyeur
1999-11-26
Der tote Taucher im Wald
2000-04-06
Shortly before his retirement, provincial detective Hartwich has more mysteries to solve than in his
Sara
1997-05-23
Sixteen-year-old Sara's father is a wealthy gangster and has a lot of enemies. Her father makes clea
Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod
1980-04-18
In 1903, Jan Anskath and his half-brother Martin are living in Rajgorod at the border between Russia
Pułapka
1971-03-26
Shortly after World War 2 a conflict between cousins, a Polish major and a former SS soldier arises
The Big Picnic
1981-10-23
Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town
Vabank
1981-10-01
October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but afte
Czekam w Monte Carlo
1969-12-25
At the annual car race in Monte Carlo the Polish team consists of driver Piotr and his pilot Jan. Th
A Rat's Tale
1998-03-20
Monty is a young cute rat in a rat world living beneath the streeets of Manhattan. When exterminator
Influence
2015-01-23
A story about the key events of the Wielkopolska Uprising - a dramatic arrival of Ignacy Jan Paderew
The Hourglass Sanatorium
1973-12-11
Jozef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Jozef undertakes a strange journey through