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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.


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Born:
Nov 3, 1927 In Kniaże, Polska
Movie/TV Credits:
34
First Appeared:
In the movie A Generation 1955-01-26
Latest Project:
Movie Jowita 1967-09-29
Known For
Poster of The Codes
Poster of Night Train
Poster of Cross of Valor
Filmography
Movie Jowita Edward Księżak 1967-09-29
Movie Full Ahead Janek 1967-04-14
Movie The Killer Leaves a Trace Rodecki 1967-08-18
Movie Tomorrow Mexico Paweł Jańczak 1966-02-11
Movie Christmas Eve Zapała's Friend 1966-04-09
Movie Master Director 1966-10-07
Movie The Codes Maciek 1966-12-25
Movie Penguin Łukasz 1965-04-18
Movie Salto Kowalski Malinowski 1965-06-10
Movie Alone in the City Konrad Ferenc 1965-12-25
Movie The Saragossa Manuscript Alfonse Van Worden 1965-06-10
Movie No More Divorces Gruszka (Segment 3) 1964-02-25
Movie Giuseppe in Warsaw Staszek 1964-08-07
Movie To Love Fredrik 1964-11-20
Movie How to Be Loved Wiktor Rawicz 1963-01-11
Movie Their Everyday Life Andrzej Siennicki 1963-05-10
Movie The Criminal and the Lady Jan Ziętek 1963-07-08
Movie Silence Roman 1963-09-07
Movie Spóźnieni przechodnie Himself (segment 5) 1962-09-03
Movie Love at Twenty Zbyszek (segment "Warszawa") 1962-06-22
Movie The Doll Col. Prado Roth / The Rebel 1962-11-07
Movie Goodbye to the Past Famous actor 1961-03-23
Movie Good Bye, Till Tomorrow Jacek 1960-05-25
Movie Innocent Sorcerers Edmund 1960-12-17
Movie Cross of Valor Tadeusz Więcek 1959-03-27
Movie Night Train Staszek 1959-09-06
Movie The Eighth Day of the Week Piotr Terlecki 1958-08-26
Movie Ashes and Diamonds Maciek Chełmicki 1958-10-03
Movie Wraki Rafał Grabień 1957-09-02
Movie Koniec nocy Romek Brzozowski 1957-12-21
Movie Tajemnica dzikiego szybu Miner (uncredited) 1956-09-01
Movie A Generation Kostek 1955-01-26
Movie Trzy starty Mietek Leśniak 1955-10-25
Movie Career Bus Passenger (uncredited) 1955-03-26