Zbigniew Cybulski

Zbigniew Cybulski

Date of Birth: 03 Nov 1927

Country: Poland

Biography: Won international fame with the leading role of Maciek Chelmicki in Andrzej Wajda's Popiól i diament (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. Major leading roles: Kostek in Wajda's Pokolenie (1955) ("Generation"), Maciek Chelmicki in Wajda's Popiól i diament (1958), Alfons Van Worden in Has's Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie (1965)

Total Credits at Criticker: 16 (Actor), 1 (Writer)

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    Ashes and Diamonds
    Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II... (imdb)
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    Love at Twenty
    Several internationally known directors contributed to this generally adept and compelling series of five brief vignettes on love and its many ramifications. (All Movie Guide)
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    The Saragossa Manuscript
    In the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather's story, Alfons van Worden, captain in the Walloon guard. A man of honor and courage, he seeks the shortest route through the Sierra Morena. At an inn, the Venta Quemada, he sups with two Islamic princesses. They call him their cousin and seduce him; he wakes beside corpses under a gallows. He meets a hermit priest and a goatherd; each tells his story; he wakes again by the gallows... (imdb)
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    Innocent Sorcerers
    A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love. But he loses her when he goes out to see some friends and then rushes madly around the city after her, only to find she has returned. (imdb)
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    Szyfry
    A father searches for his son, who has been missing since WW II, in post-war Poland. In his quest for the truth about his son, the father is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself. (imdb)
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    Rozstanie
    Magdalena, an actress, a mature and free woman, comes back to her home town after many years for her grandad’s funeral. She doesn’t really get along with her relatives. The beginning of her affair with a young man met on the train would be a goodbye. A goodbye with the lover and a place full of memories. (35mm.online)
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    Night Train
    A man, Jerzy, enters a train set for the Baltic coast. He seems to be on the run from something. He has to share sleeping-compartment with a woman who also seems to be on the run. Eventually we get to know that the police are looking for an escaped murderer. Is it really Jerzy they are looking for? (imdb)
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    Jak byc kochana
    An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator... (imdb)
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    Do widzenia, do jutra
    Jacek is a handsome, charming young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets a beautiful, charming French girl, Marguerite. He falls for her but the young lady is whimsical. (imdb)
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    Ósmy dzien tygodnia
    A filming of a Marek Hłaski's novel. The protagonists are students of philosophy - Agnieszka and her boyfriend - Piotrek. The girl lives with father, ill mother, brother - alcoholic and a lodger. Piotrek's house collapsed, and the couple tries to find a place where they can stay alone and keep some privacy. Unfortunately, before Piotrek gets the living space, Agnieszka will spend the night with a casual acquaintance - married journalist.
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    Salto
    A man hops off a train by the small town where he claims he was before. His presence allows to bring out the inner feelings and beliefs of the inhabitants. A man who has hidden through all of the war because he looked Jewish, even if he is not, took on a fame of a dead Jewish actor he resembles. The visitor's wife shows up to claim his and indicate that he is always running off. He escapes in the end for another town. (imdb)
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    Koniec nocy
    Romek works as a driver in a transport base. Unfortunately, he has got a bad reputation. One day, during the recklessly truck driving he commits a lot of infractions, furthemore, he hits a passerby.The police intervenes. Romek is fired.The plenty of free time, he spends on a drinking bouts and a petty thefts, with the complicitors - his friends: Edek, Filip and Small.
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    Giuseppe w Warszawie
    Adventures of the Italian soldier in a rebellious Warsaw in 1943, between Germans and the Polish resistance. (imdb)
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    Sam posrod miasta
    Konrad (Zbigniew Cybulski) is wandering around in Warsaw while he waits for his delayed flight.
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    Krzyz Walecznych
    Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier returns to his ruined village, a stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz, a young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else. (imdb)
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    Att älska
    Louise (Andersson) is a young Swedish widow, living with her mother and her young son. She meets foreigner Fredrik (Cybulski), and he soon moves into the family apartment. The two become very much involved but the future is uncertain. (imdb)
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