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Daniel Olbrychski Biography (1945-)

Born February 27, 1945, in Lowicz, Poland; married; children: Rafal (an actor).

Nationality

Polish

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

February 27, 1945

Lowicz, Poland

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Koral, Ranny w lesie (also known as Wounded in the Forest),1964
• Olewicz, Potem nastapi cisza (also known as And All Will Be Quiet and Silence Will Reign), 1966
• Rafal Olbromski, Popioly (also known as The Ashes), 1966
• Marek Arens, Jowita (also known as Yovita), Altura Films, 1967
• Skok (also known as Bank Robbery and The Leap), 1967
• Andrzej, Malzenstwo z Rozsadku (also known as The Marriage of Convenience), 1967
• Antoni, Bokser (also known as Boxer), 1967
• Hrabina Cosel, 1968
• Daniel, Wszystko na sprzedaz (also known as Everything for Sale), New Yorker, 1969
• Struktura krysztalu (also known as The Structure of Crystal), 1969
• Discarded lover, Polowanie na muchy (also known as Hunting Flies), 1969
• Azja Tuhaj-Bejowicz, Pan Wolodyjowski (also known as Colonel Wolodyjowski), 1969
• Rozaniec z granatow, 1969
• Sergey Abramov, La pacifista (also known as The Pacifist and Smetti di piovere), 1970
• Feher tiszt, Egi barany (also known as Angel of Death and Agnus dei), 1970
• Sol ziemi czarnej (also known as Salt of the Black Earth),1970
• Tadeusz, Krajobraz po bitwie (also known as Landscape after theBattle), New Yorker, 1970
• Boleslaw, Brzezina (also known as The Birch Wood), 1970
• Wit, Zycie rodzinne (also known as Family Life), 1971
• Lucjan Rydel, Wesele (also known as The Wedding), POLart Distribution, 1972
• Karol Borowiecki, Ziemia obiecana (also known as Land of Promise and The Promised Land), 1974
• Claudius, Roma rivuole Cesare (also known as Rome Wants AnotherCaesar), 1974
• Andrzej Kmicic, Potop (also known as The Deluge), 1974
• Stanislaw Przybyszewski, Dagny, 1977
• Jan Bronski, Die Blechtrommel (also known as The Tin Drum, Blaszany bebenek, and Le tambour), New World, 1979
• Wiktor Ruben, Panny z Wilka (also known as The Girl from Wilko, The Maids of Wilko, Young Girls of Wilko, The Young Ladies of Wilko, and Les demoiselles de Wilko), 1979
• Wizja lokalna 1901 (also known as Inspection of the Crime Scene1901), 1980
• Herophant, Rycerz (also known as The Knight), 1980
• Kung-Fu, 1980
• Karl Kremer, Les uns et les autres (also known as Bolero and Within Memory), Double 13, 1981
• Roza, 1982
• Przgody pana Michala, 1982
• Saint-Genis, La truite (also known as The Trout), Triumph Releasing, 1982
• La derelitta, 1983
• Si j'avais mille ans, 1983
• Wiktorczyk, Eine Liebe in Deutschland (also known as A Love inGermany and Un amour en Allemagne), Triumph Releasing, 1983
• Bis spaeter, ich Muss mich erschiessen (also known as Elaekoeoen itsemurhaaja!), Kinosto, 1984
• Tac-Tac, La diagonale du fou (also known as Dangerous Moves), International Spectrafilm, 1984
• Fritz, Der Bulle und das Maedchen (also known as The Cop and the Girl), 1984
• Teacher, Lieber Karl (also known as Dear Karl), 1985
• Pad Italje (also known as The Fall of Italy), 1985
• Le monde desert, 1985
• Grzegorz, Jestem przeciw (also known as I Am Against and Objection), 1985
• Casablanca, Casablanca, 1985
• Leo Jogiches, Rosa Luxemburg, New Yorker, 1986
• Michal Katny, Siekierezada (also known as Axiliad), 1987
• Yuli, Mosca addio (also known as Farewell Moscow), Video Search of Miami, 1987
• Et moi! Et moi!, 1988
• Interior ministry official, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Orion, 1988
• Giering, L'orchestre rouge (also known as The Red Orchestra), 1988
• Father Adam, La bottega dell'orefice (also known as The Jeweller's Shop and La boutique de l'orfevre), 1988
• Martina's father, Zoo, 1989
• Passi d'amore (also known as Steps of Love), RAIUNO, 1989
• Adriano, La bugiarda (also known as Heroes Are Born Such),Mediaset, 1989
• Orestes, To teleftaio stoixima, 1989
• Francois, Le silence d'ailleurs, Les Films du Raab, 1990
• Jan Bergman, Le retour (also known as The Return), Yorkshire Television Enterprises, 1990
• Babochki, 1991
• Korotkoye dykhaniye lyubvi (also known as Short Breath of Love), 1992
• Rafal Nawrot, Kolejnosc uczuc (also known as Chronology of Sentiments and Sequence of Feelings), 1992
• Vervonal, 1993
• Stepan, Moi Ivan, toi Abraham (also known as Ivan and Abraham, Me Ivan, You Abraham, and Ya--Ivan, ty--Abram), New Yorker,1993
• French lawyer, Lepiej byc piekna i bogata (also known as Betterto Be Pretty and Rich, It Is Better to Be Beautiful and Rich, andJobb szepnek es gazdagnak lenni), 1993
• Geza, A toervenytelen (also known as Bastard), 1994
• Neuffer, Transatlantis, Cine International, 1995
• Borys, Pestka (also known as The Pip), 1995
• Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (also known as Men, Women: AUser's Manual), Gala Films, 1996
• Truck Stop, 1996
• Dzieje mistrza twardowskiego, 1996
• Dzievi i ryby, 1996
• Poznan '56, 1997
• Szoekes (also known as Escape), Mokrep, 1997
• Kopnovsky, Sibirskij tsiryulnik (also known as The Barber of Siberia, Le barbier de Siberie, and Il barbiere di Siberia),Intermedia Film Distribution/Worldwide Distribution, 1998
• Tuhaj-Bej, Ogniem i mieczem (also known as With Fire and Sword), 1999
• Gerwazy, Pan Tadeusz (also known as Pan Tadeusz: The Last Forayin Lithuania and Pan Tadeusz--Quand Napoleon traversait le Niemen), FilmArt, 1999
• Seweryn, To ja, zlodziej, 2000
• Szymon Gajowiec, Przedwiosnie, Syrena Entertainment Group, 2001
• Film Work
• Assistant director, Polowanie na muchy (also known as Hunting Flies), 1969
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Osvobozhdeniye, 1969
• Franz von Schober, Mit meinen heissen Traenen, 1986
• Janusz, Dekalog (also known as The Decalogue and The TenCommandments), 1987
• The Secret of the Sahara (also known as Das Geheimnis der Sahara and Il segreto del Sahara), 1989
• Napoleon et l'Europe, 1991
• Il figlio di Sandokan (also known as The Son of Sandokan),1998
• Episodic
• "Liberation" (also known as "Poslednii chturm"), Osvobojdienie, 1971
• Also appeared in an episode of Tales.
• Other Television Appearances
• Student, Zaliczenie, 1968
• Rola (also known as Die Rolle), 1971
• Matthew, Pilatus und Andere--Ein Film fuer Karfreitag (also knownas Pilate and Others), 1972
• Captain, Z dalekiego kraju (movie; also known as From a Far Country and From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II), ITC, 1981
• Paul Bronnen, Music Hall, 1985
• Mariage blanc, 1986
• Ga, Ga--Chwala bohaterom (also known as Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes, O-bi, O-bi--The End of Civilization, and O-bi, O-bi--Koniec cywilizacji), 1986
• Victor, Haute tension--Au bout du rouleau, 1988
• Janusz, Dekalog, trzy (also known as Dekalog 3 and Honorthe Sabbath Day), 1988
• Angelo, Das lange Gespraech mit dem Vogel (also known as Long Conversation with a Bird and Dluga rozmowa z ptakiem), 1992
• Stage Appearances
• Title role, Hamlet, 1970
• Die Unvernuenftigen sterben aus, Nanterre, France, 1978
• Also appeared in productions of Macbeth and Othello.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996.