Jacek Koman

Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish actor and singer.

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Australia (2008)

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Hugh Jackman  •  Essie Davis  •  David Wenham

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Hugh Jackman  •  Essie Davis  •  David Wenham

Children of Men (2006)

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In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Cuarón
CAST:  Clive Owen  •  Michael Caine  •  Julianne Moore  •  Chiwetel Ejiofor

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Cuarón
CAST:  Clive Owen  •  Michael Caine  •  Julianne Moore  •  Chiwetel Ejiofor

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

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A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Ewan McGregor  •  John Leguizamo  •  Jim Broadbent

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Ewan McGregor  •  John Leguizamo  •  Jim Broadbent

Romulus, My Father (2007)

The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Roxburgh
CAST:  Eric Bana  •  Franka Potente  •  Marton Csokas  •  Kodi Smit-McPhee

The story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Roxburgh
CAST:  Eric Bana  •  Franka Potente  •  Marton Csokas  •  Kodi Smit-McPhee

Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)

The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cherie Nowlan
CAST:  Richard Roxburgh  •  Cate Blanchett  •  Frances O'Connor  •  John Gaden

The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cherie Nowlan
CAST:  Richard Roxburgh  •  Cate Blanchett  •  Frances O'Connor  •  John Gaden

The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)

Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life in a new country, but he is soon crushed into an alcoholic despair, and Sonja herself abandons him at the earliest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Flanagan
CAST:  Kerry Fox  •  Kristof Kaczmarek  •  Evelyn Krape  •  Rosie Flanagan

Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life in a new country, but he is soon crushed into an alcoholic despair, and Sonja herself abandons him at the earliest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Flanagan
CAST:  Kerry Fox  •  Kristof Kaczmarek  •  Evelyn Krape  •  Rosie Flanagan

Lucky Break (1994)

Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the perfect way of hiding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Lewin
CAST:  Gia Carides  •  Anthony LaPaglia  •  Rebecca Gibney  •  Robyn Nevin

Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the perfect way of hiding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Lewin
CAST:  Gia Carides  •  Anthony LaPaglia  •  Rebecca Gibney  •  Robyn Nevin

The Hunter (2011)

Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Nettheim
CAST:  Willem Dafoe  •  Sam Neill  •  Frances O'Connor  •  Sullivan Stapleton

Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Nettheim
CAST:  Willem Dafoe  •  Sam Neill  •  Frances O'Connor  •  Sullivan Stapleton

Shopping (2013)

Living in New Zealand in 1981 amid high racial tension, Willie, a half-Samoan teenager, is coming into his own. With an unpredictable father, Willie spends most of his time working at a department store or taking care of his little brother, Solomon. A chance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Sutherland  •  Mark Albiston
CAST:  Kevin Paulo  •  Julian Dennison  •  Jacek Koman  •  Alistair Browning

Living in New Zealand in 1981 amid high racial tension, Willie, a half-Samoan teenager, is coming into his own. With an unpredictable father, Willie spends most of his time working at a department store or taking care of his little brother, Solomon. A chance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Sutherland  •  Mark Albiston
CAST:  Kevin Paulo  •  Julian Dennison  •  Jacek Koman  •  Alistair Browning

Son of a Gun (2014)

Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julius Avery
CAST:  Ewan McGregor  •  Brenton Thwaites  •  Alicia Vikander  •  Matt Nable

Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julius Avery
CAST:  Ewan McGregor  •  Brenton Thwaites  •  Alicia Vikander  •  Matt Nable

Love and Dance (2009)

Hania (Izabella Miko) is a young journalist who suddenly discovers that she is more connected with dancing than she could ever imagine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Parramore
CAST:  Izabella Miko  •  Maciej Kozłowski  •  Katarzyna Figura  •  Mateusz Damięcki

Hania (Izabella Miko) is a young journalist who suddenly discovers that she is more connected with dancing than she could ever imagine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Parramore
CAST:  Izabella Miko  •  Maciej Kozłowski  •  Katarzyna Figura  •  Mateusz Damięcki

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

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When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Neveldine  •  Brian Taylor
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Ciarán Hinds  •  Violante Placido  •  Fergus Riordan

When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Neveldine  •  Brian Taylor
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Ciarán Hinds  •  Violante Placido  •  Fergus Riordan

Hunting (1991)

An American tycoon goes to Melbourne where he meets a married secretary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Howson
CAST:  John Savage  •  Kerry Armstrong  •  Jeffrey Thomas  •  Guy Pearce

An American tycoon goes to Melbourne where he meets a married secretary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Howson
CAST:  John Savage  •  Kerry Armstrong  •  Jeffrey Thomas  •  Guy Pearce

What I Have Written (1996)

This intellectual, witty Australian drama offers an intriguingly sophisticated look into adultery. Too say too much about this plot would give away the secrets and surprises that gradually unfold, so what follows is the barest sketch. The story features two couples ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Martin Jacobs  •  Gillian Jones  •  Jacek Koman  •  Angie Milliken

This intellectual, witty Australian drama offers an intriguingly sophisticated look into adultery. Too say too much about this plot would give away the secrets and surprises that gradually unfold, so what follows is the barest sketch. The story features two couples ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Martin Jacobs  •  Gillian Jones  •  Jacek Koman  •  Angie Milliken

Redheads (1992)

Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex. Once back at her apartment, she sets a video camera going to record their coupling. However, someone breaks into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Vendramini
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Catherine McClements  •  Alexander Petersons  •  Mark Hembrow

Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex. Once back at her apartment, she sets a video camera going to record their coupling. However, someone breaks into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Vendramini
CAST:  Claudia Karvan  •  Catherine McClements  •  Alexander Petersons  •  Mark Hembrow

HG Wells: War with the World (2006)

Much like the battle that takes place in arguably Wells' most famous novel, this made for TV film seems to have a battle of it's own in the attempt to fully round the character of one of the most contentious authors of the twentieth century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Kent
CAST:  Michael Sheen  •  Sally Hawkins  •  Branka Katić  •  Dermot Crowley

Much like the battle that takes place in arguably Wells' most famous novel, this made for TV film seems to have a battle of it's own in the attempt to fully round the character of one of the most contentious authors of the twentieth century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Kent
CAST:  Michael Sheen  •  Sally Hawkins  •  Branka Katić  •  Dermot Crowley

Defiance (2008)

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Jamie Bell  •  Mia Wasikowska

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Jamie Bell  •  Mia Wasikowska

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom (2016)

The chronicle of the life and great love of Otto Bloom, an extraordinary man who experiences time in reverse - passing backwards through the years only remembering the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cris Jones
CAST:  Xavier Samuel  •  Rachel Ward  •  Matilda Brown  •  Rose Riley

The chronicle of the life and great love of Otto Bloom, an extraordinary man who experiences time in reverse - passing backwards through the years only remembering the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cris Jones
CAST:  Xavier Samuel  •  Rachel Ward  •  Matilda Brown  •  Rose Riley

Sucker (2015)

When Chinese-Australian teenager Lawrence cheats at and fails his high-school exams, destroying his dreams of a medical degree, he's banished to the country for the summer. There, he meets wily old conman the Professor and his cynical daughter Sarah, and learns ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Chessell
CAST:  Timothy Spall  •  John Luc  •  Lily Sullivan  •  Kat Stewart

When Chinese-Australian teenager Lawrence cheats at and fails his high-school exams, destroying his dreams of a medical degree, he's banished to the country for the summer. There, he meets wily old conman the Professor and his cynical daughter Sarah, and learns ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Chessell
CAST:  Timothy Spall  •  John Luc  •  Lily Sullivan  •  Kat Stewart

A Grain of Truth (2015)

A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in south­east Poland ­ Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Borys Lankosz
CAST:  Robert Więckiewicz  •  Zohar Shtrauss  •  Aleksandra Hamkało  •  Iwona Bielska

A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in south­east Poland ­ Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Borys Lankosz
CAST:  Robert Więckiewicz  •  Zohar Shtrauss  •  Aleksandra Hamkało  •  Iwona Bielska
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