Zbigniew Cybulski
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zbigniew Cybulski Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf t͡sɨˈbulskʲi] (November 3, 1927 – January 8, 1967) was a Polish actor, one of the best-known and most popular personalities of the post-World War II history of Poland. Zbigniew Cybulski was born November 3, 1927 in a small village of Kniaże near Śniatyń, Poland (now a part of Sniatyn Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine). After World War II he joined the Theatre Academy in Kraków. He graduated in 1953 and moved to Gdańsk, where he made his stage debut in Leon Schiller's Wybrzeże Theatre. Also, with his friend Bogumił Kobiela, Cybulski founded a famous student theatre, the Bim-Bom. In the early 1960s, Cybulski moved to Warsaw, where he shortly joined the Kabaret Wagabunda. He also appeared on stage at the Ateneum Theatre, one of the most modern and least conservative Warsaw-based theatres of the epoch. However, Cybulski is best remembered as a screen actor. He first appeared in a 1954 film Kariera as an extra. His first major role came in 1958, when he played in Kazimierz Kutz's Krzyż Walecznych. The same year he also appeared as one of the main characters in Andrzej Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds and Aleksander Ford's The Eighth Day of the Week based on a short story by Marek Hłasko. From then on Cybulski was seen as one of the most notable actors of the Polish Film School and one of the "young and wrathful", as his generation of actors were called at the time. His most famous films, apart from Ashes and Diamonds, include Wojciech Has' The Saragossa Manuscript. He also acted in numerous television plays, including some based on works by Truman Capote, Anton Chekhov and Jerzy Andrzejewski. Cybulski died in an accident at a Wrocław Główny railway station on January 8, 1967, on his way from the film set. As he jumped on the speeding train (as he often did), he slipped on the steps, fell under the train, and was run over. Before the accident he said goodbye to Marlene Dietrich, a personal friend of his, who was a passenger on the train. He was buried in Katowice.
Known For
Credits
- 1969 · Zbyszek as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 · Jowita as Edward Księżak
- 1967 · The Killer Leaves a Trace as Rodecki
- 1967 · Full Ahead as Janek
- 1966 · The Codes as Maciek
- 1966 · Iluzja as Lover
- 1966 · Master as Director
- 1966 · Christmas Eve as Zapała's Friend
- 1966 · Tomorrow Mexico as Paweł Jańczak
- 1965 · Alone in the City as Konrad Ferenc
- 1965 · The Saragossa Manuscript as Alfonse Van Worden
- 1965 · Salto as Kowalski Malinowski
- 1965 · Penguin as Łukasz
- 1964 · To Love as Fredrik
- 1964 · Giuseppe in Warsaw as Staszek
- 1964 · No More Divorces as Gruszka (Segment 3)
- 1963 · Silence as Roman
- 1963 · The Criminal and the Lady as Jan Ziętek
- 1963 · Their Everyday Life as Andrzej Siennicki
- 1963 · How to Be Loved as Wiktor Rawicz
- 1962 · The Doll as Col. Prado Roth / The Rebel
- 1962 · Spóźnieni przechodnie as Himself (segment 5)
- 1962 · Love at Twenty as Zbyszek (segment "Warszawa")
- 1962 · Thé a la menthe as
- 1961 · Goodbye to the Past as Famous actor
- 1960 · Innocent Sorcerers as Edmund
- 1960 · Good Bye, Till Tomorrow as Jacek
- 1959 · Night Train as Staszek
- 1959 · Cross of Valor as Tadeusz Więcek
- 1958 · Ashes and Diamonds as Maciek Chełmicki
- 1958 · The Eighth Day of the Week as Piotr Terlecki
- 1957 · Koniec nocy as Romek Brzozowski
- 1957 · Wraki as Rafał Grabień
- 1956 · Tajemnica dzikiego szybu as Miner (uncredited)
- 1955 · Trzy starty as Mietek Leśniak
- 1955 · Career as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- 1955 · A Generation as Kostek