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Zbigniew Cybulski
Zbigniew Cybulski

Zbigniew Cybulski (better known as Zbyszek Cybulski; November 3, 1927 - January 8, 1967) was a Polish actor, one of the best known and most popular personalities of the Polish cinema after World War II. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For his unique style of play, he is often called the Polish James Dean. James Byron Dean ( February 8 1931 &ndash September 30 1955) was a two-time Oscar -nominated American Film His roles paralleled somewhat those of Dean, playing nonconformist rebels, and notably he also died relatively young in a needlessly tragic way - run over by a train he was trying to catch on his way home from a film shoot.

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Biography

Zbigniew Cybulski was born November 3, 1927 in a small village of Kniaże near Stanisławów (currently in Ukraine, then Poland). Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanisławów may refer to the following places Stanisławów Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland A city in Polish pre-war Borderlands After World War II he joined the Theatre Academy in Kraków. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Kraków, in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow (ˈkrækaʊ M-W: krăk'ou krāk'ō is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland He graduated in 1953 and moved to Gdańsk, where he made his stage debut in Leon Schiller's Wybrzeże Theatre. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland Leon Schiller de Schildenfeld ( April 14, 1887 - March 25, 1954) was a Polish theater and film director critic and theoretician Also, with his friend Bogumił Kobiela, Cybulski founded a famous student theatre Bim-Bom. In early 1960s, Cybulski moved to Warsaw, where he joined the Wagabunda experimental theatre. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. He also appeared on stage of the Ateneum theatre, one of the most modern and least conservative Warsaw-based theatres of the epoch.

His image on a wall-mural of a cinema in Warsaw
His image on a wall-mural of a cinema in Warsaw

However, Cybulski is best remembered as a screen actor. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. He first appeared in a 1954 film Kariera as one of the extras. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) His first major role came in 1958, when he played in Kazimierz Kutz's Krzyż Walecznych. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kazimierz Julian Kutz (born 1929 is a Polish Film director, author journalist and politician one of the representatives of the Polish Film School The same year he also appeared as one of the main characters in Andrzej Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds and Aleksander Ford's Eighth Day of the Week based on a short story by Marek Hłasko. Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926 in Suwałki) is an award-winning Polish Film director. Ashes and Diamonds (Polish Popiół i diament) is a 1958 film directed by Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, based on Aleksander Ford ( November 24, 1908, Kiev, Ukraine – April 4, 1980, Naples, Florida, United Marek Hłasko (born 14 January 1934 in Warsaw – died 14 June 1969 in Wiesbaden Germany – a writer and a famous figure of Polish post-war Since then, 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. Polish Film School ( Polish Polska Szkoła Filmowa) refers to an informal group of Polish film directors and screenplay writers active between 1955 and approximately

His star on the Polish walk-of-fame in Łódź (Location of the famous Polish film school)
His star on the Polish walk-of-fame in Łódź (Location of the famous Polish film school)

Among the most famous films he played in are Wojciech Has' The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Łódź is Poland 's third largest city with population of 753192 in 2007 (lost its second rank to Krakow in 2007 The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (original French title Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse; also known in English as The Saragossa Manuscript He also appeared in numerous plays of the Television Theatre, including plays based on works by Colib Robertson, Truman Capote, Anton Chekhov or Jerzy Andrzejewski. Truman Capote (ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti ( 30 September, 1924, New Orleans Louisiana – 25 August, 1984, Los Angeles Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one Jerzy Andrzejewski ( August 19, 1909, Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire - April 19, 1983, Warsaw

memorial plaque at the site of his deathat the Wrocław train station
memorial plaque at the site of his deathat the Wrocław train station

Zbigniew Cybulski died in an accident at a Wrocław train station on January 8, 1967, at the age of 39. Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. He was running to catch a train leaving the station to Warsaw. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. As Cybulski jumped to the already speeding train (as he often did before) he slipped on a stairway and fell beneath the train, run over by its wheels. He was buried in Katowice. Katowice (Katovice Kattowitz is a City in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica

Heritage

Cybulski remains a legend of the Polish cinema. Undoubtedly this is partly due to his premature and tragic passing. The place of his tragic death is now marked with a small monument to him and is visited every year by hundreds of his fans. In 1996 the readers of Film magazine awarded Cybulski with the title of Best Polish Actor of All Time. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)

Filmography

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