I simply thought his performance as the stray hitchhiker in "Noz w wodzie" was superb, so plain and unaffected!
Yes, he was already an experienced actor then. His partners - on the contrary. Did you know that Malanowicz`s wooden voice was replaced by Polański`s? And the female role was played by a purely amateur girl whom Polański had met at the swimming pool?
These are some of the reasons I never liked the film and still don`t know why some people get so excited about it.