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- Won international fame with the leading role of Maciek Chelmicki in Andrzej Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds (1958). He created a character which was imitated not only in Poland; often compared with James Dean.
Graduated from the Higher State School of Acting in Cracow; also studied journalism. From 1953 to 1960 worked with Wybrzeze Theatre, Bim-Bom Student Theatre and Teatr Rozmow (all in Gdansk). From 1961 to 1967 acted and directed in Theatre Ateneum in Warsaw, Poland.
Major leading roles: Kostek in Wajda's A Generation (1955) ("Generation"), Maciek Chelmicki in Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Jacek in Janusz Morgenstern's A demain (1961) ("See You Tomorrow", co-scr.), Edmund in Wajda's Innocent Sorcerers (1960) ("Innocent Sorcerers"), Wiktor Rawicz in Wojciech Has's Jak byc kochana (1963) ("How to Be Loved"), Alfons Van Worden in Has's The Saragossa Manuscript (1965), trainer Janczak in Aleksander Scibor-Rylski's Jutro Meksyk (1966) ("Mexico Tomorrow"), Rodecki in Scibor-Rylski's Morderca zostawia slad (1967) ("The Killer Leaves a Trace"). - Alexander Granach was born in the region of Galizia, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Ukraine). Given the name Jessaja Szajko Gronish, he was one of a dozen children of a poor Jewish family eking out a living, first in a farming village, later in a series of small towns and cities. He began working early mornings as a baker in his father's poor bakery by the age of 6, had a rough and tumble youth with relatively little schooling in religious and secular Jewish schools. He ran away from home four times, according to his autobiographical novel, but, reunited with his family at the age of 14, saw his first theatrical production, a famous play in the Yiddish language. Granach was smitten by the stage and, determined to become an actor, ran away to Berlin in 1909. In Berlin, Granach worked as a journeyman baker, fell in with a group of Jewish socialist worker-intellectuals--recent immigrants from similar Eastern European backgrounds to his own. His beginning as an actor was in amateur Yiddish-speaking productions, but he was encouraged to learn German and aspire to a wider career and was accepted into the acting school of Max Reinhardt, Europe's leading theatrical figure. Although the beginning of his acting career was interrupted by his military service in World War I, and his time as a prisoner of war in Italy, after the war he rapidly established himself as a leading figure of the flourishing theater and film industry of the Weimar-era in post-war Germany. His most enduring success in German film was as "Knock," the weird real estate agent in "Nosferatu." His charisma is demonstrated in the early German "talkie," "Kameradschaft" (1931), directed by G.W. Pabst. Granach was a well-known figure in the lively political and artistic milieu of the 1920s and early '30s, a friend of leading writers, actors, and directors, and had to flee as soon as Hitler came to power in 1933-as both a Jew and a Leftist. He spent the next five years in exile in Poland and the Soviet Union, acting in films and plays, but was arrested by Stalin's minions in 1938 and was fortunate to be able to leave the USSR and then to get to the United States. He learned English, as he had once learned German, and got his chance to act in Hollywood and then on Broadway, joining the small army of Jewish and other escapees from Hitler's Europe. The role for which he is best known in America is that of Kopalsi in "Ninotchka," (1939) directed by Ernst Lubitsch, but his role as Gestapo Inspector Alois Gruber in "Hangmen Also Die!" (1943) should be better known. (The film was written, in part, by his old colleague, Bertolt Brecht and directed by Fritz Lang.) Granach was acting on Broadway with Frederic March in the play by John Hersey, "A Bell for Adano," when he had an attack of appendicitis and died several days later of an embolism, on March 13, 1945. Alexander Granach wrote an autobiographical novel, with the title Da geht ein Mensch, in German, which was published in 1945, just after his death. The book was published at the same time in an English version, as There Goes an Actor. It was recognized at the time as a remarkable work, and has been republished as: From the Shtetl to the Stage: the Odyssey of a Wandering Actor, by Transaction Publishers, 2010.
- Actress
Irma Vitovska was born on 30 December 1974 in Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovskaya oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Brama (2017), My Thoughts Are Silent (2019) and Between Us (2021). She is married to Vitaliy Vantsa. She was previously married to Vladimir Kokotunov.- Bogdan Benyuk was born on 26 May 1957 in Bitkov, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Maty apostoliv (2020), Liquidation (2007) and Kapitan Krokus (1991).
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Taras Dron was born on 6 March 1980 in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is a writer and director, known for Black Mountain (2016), Blindfold (2020) and DZIDZIO First Time (2018).- Aleksandr Ageenkov was born on 18 September 1959 in Kalush, Stanislav Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Vpered za skarbamy hetmana! (1993), Zoloto partii (1993) and Igra vseryoz (1992).
- Vitaliy Linetskiy was born on 16 November 1971 in Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovskaya oblast, Ukrainskaya SSR, USSR [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Nest of the Turtledove (2016), ToyKhtoProyshovKrizVohon (2011) and Battle for Sevastopol (2015). He died on 16 July 2014 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Jerzy Szpunar was born on 12 June 1927 in Holosków, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Holoskiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Katastrofa w Gibraltarze (1984), 5 i 1/2 Bladego Józka (1970) and Adventure in Marienstadt (1954). He died on 27 August 2012 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Daniel Passent was born on 28 April 1938 in Stanislawów, Stanislawowskie, Second Polish Republic [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Black Mercedes (2019), Back to Berlin (2018) and Kuba Wojewódzki (2002). He was married to Marta Dobromirska-Passent. He died on 14 February 2022 in Poland.
- Emanuel Feuermann was born on 22 November 1902 in Kolomyja, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He died on 25 May 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Pyotr Benyuk was born on 4 March 1946 in Bitkov, Stanislav Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Bytkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Komu vgoru, komu vniz (1991), Dikiy tabun (2003) and Vozdushnye piraty (1992). He died on 9 April 2019 in Lviv, Ukraine.
- Helena Kowalczykowa was born on 25 February 1907 in Kosów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Dziewczeta z Nowolipek (1986), Komediantka (1987) and Komediantka (1988). She died on 7 August 1999 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Wincenty Grabarczyk was born on 19 August 1931 in Uhryn, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Uhryniv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Zaczarowany rower (1955), Niech zyje milosc (1991) and Angelus (2000). He died on 13 May 2023 in Poland.
- Mieczyslaw Jagielski was born on 12 January 1924 in Kolomyja, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He died on 27 February 1997 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Jan Orsza-Lukaszewicz was born on 24 June 1907 in Kamionki Wielkie, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Velika Kamianka, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Trzy kobiety (1957), H.M. Deserters (1986) and Nic nie stoi na przeszkodzie (1981). He died on 13 November 1985 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Vasyl Symchych was born on 8 January 1915 in Sredniy Beryozov, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Queen of the Gypsies (1976), Tsari (1964) and Zakhar Berkut (1971). He died on 1 March 1978.
- Jolanta Szajna was born on 10 February 1939 in Kolomyja, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Vabank (1981).
- Natalya Naum was born on 14 January 1933 in Mizun Stary, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Staryy Mizun, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Povest o zhenshchine (1975), Za dvoma zaytsiamy (1961) and Zhivaya voda (1972). She died on 22 March 2004 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Actor
- Production Manager
Jan Lopuszniak was born on 12 July 1910 in Delatyn, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and production manager, known for Rodzina Polanieckich (1978), Theatre Macabre (1971) and Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (1980). He died on 6 April 2000 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Donald Verk was born on 4 August 1902 in Verkhovyna, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. Donald was an assistant director and production manager, known for Web of Danger (1947), The Invisible Informer (1946) and The Yanks Are Coming (1942). Donald died on 6 June 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Zbigniew Kubikowski was born on 1 September 1929 in Horodenka, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Wyjazd sluzbowy (1975), Katastrofa (1966) and Wielki uklad (1976). He died on 13 August 1984 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Antoni Biliczak was born on 5 June 1914 in Bohorodczany, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Bohorodchany, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Skarb kapitana Martensa (1957) and Nikodem Dyzma (1956). He died on 5 June 1989 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland.
- Tadeusz Bialkowski was born on 17 January 1888 in Solotwina, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Solotvyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Kalosze szczescia (1958). He died on 12 March 1961 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Nataliya Lototskaya was born on 20 September 1938 in Bolszowce, Stanislawów, Poland [now Bilshivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Buyna (1990), Faraoni (1964) and Storinka shchodennika (1973). She died on 21 December 2007 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Stanislaw Mroziuk was born on 4 November 1933 in Nadwórna, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He is a cinematographer, known for Wlasnie o milosci (1978), Palec bozy (1973) and Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us (1972).- Valeriy Sheptekita was born on 20 December 1940 in Tlumach, Stanislav Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Tri gilzy ot angliyskogo karabina (1983), Decay (1990) and Ovod (1980). He died on 3 June 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Wojciech Dzieduszycki was born on 5 June 1912 in Jezupol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Yezupil, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Szkoda twoich lez (1985), Czerwone i zlote (1969) and Strachy (1979). He died on 1 May 2008 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.- Zofia Molska was born on 16 June 1889 in Stanyslaviv, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was married to Albin Kopalko and Kazimierz Komar. She died on 11 February 1977 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Polish People's Republic.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Sound Department
Roman Palester was born on 28 December 1907 in Sniatyn, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Ludzie Wisly (1938), Zabawka (1933) and Dzien wielkiej przygody (1935). He died on 24 August 1989 in Paris, France.- Dmitri Nalivaichuk was born on 19 July 1953 in Semakovtsy, Stanislav Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Semakivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980), Zhenshchiny shutyat vseryoz (1981) and Stambulskiy tranzit (1993). He died on 4 February 2016.
- Marian Kiernicki was born on 18 September 1864 in Sniatyn, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Vampires of Warsaw (1925). He died on 24 April 1945 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Ewa Habielska was born on 29 June 1920 in Stanislawów, Stanislawowskie, Second Polish Republic [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. Ewa was married to Zdzislaw Habielski. Ewa died on 23 May 2014 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Kazimierz Andrzej Czyzowski was born on 28 February 1894 in Nizniów, Tlumacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Nizhniv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Sluby ulanskie (1934), Daredevils (1928) and Maraton polski (1927). He died on 22 February 1977 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.