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Born in Lvov, Ukraine; then he moved with his father Miroslaw Zulawski to Czechoslovakia and later to Poland. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. In the 1960s, he was an assistant of the famous Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. His feature debut The Third Part of the Night (1971) was an adaptation of his father's novel. His second feature The Devil (1972) was prohibited in Poland, and Zulawski went to France. After the success of his French debut That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years in making On the Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was brutally interrupted by the authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France where became known for his highly artistic, controversial, and very violent films. Zulawski is well known for his ability to discover and "rediscover" actresses. Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau played their best parts in his films.- Stanislaw Lem was a visionary Polish author known for Solaris (1972).
He was born on September 12, 1921, in Lwów, Poland. His father, Samuel Lem, was a wealthy laryngologist who served in the Austrian army. His mother, Sabina Woller, was a homemaker. Although he was born into a Polish-Jewish family, Lem was raised a Catholic and later became an atheist. He graduated from the Lwów Gymnazium in 1939, then studied medicine at the Lvov Medical Institute in 1940-1941. During WWII, he survived the Nazi occupation of Lwów and worked as a mechanic and welder for a German firm until 1944.
After World War II Lem escaped from the Soviet occupation of Germany and moved to Krakow, Poland, as a repatriate. There he completed his medical studies at Jagellonian University, without taking the doctor's degree. He worked at the Konserwatorium Naukoznawcze as a research assistant for psychologist Dr. Choynowski. From 1946-1949 Lem was involved in medical research in psychology, which became a turning point in his life. He started writing poetry and science fiction in 1946, but his first serious novel, "Hospital of the Transfiguration", was suppressed by the Polish government for eight years. It was released only in 1956, when freedom of speech was earned after the "Polish October" popular uprising.
Lem quit medicine in 1949, because he did not want to be drafted into the army. He married a doctor instead of being one. In 1949 he became a professional writer and continued creating his increasingly unusual novels: "The Investigation", "Eden", "Return from the Stars". The 1960s and 1970s were the most productive for Lem. At that time he wrote 'Solaris', 'The Invincible', 'The Cyberiad', 'His Master's Voice', 'The Star Diaries', 'The Futurological Congress', and 'Tales of Pirx the Pilot'. His gift of a visionary materialized in 'Summa Technologiae' (Sum of Technologies, 1964), which tackled problems of virtual reality. Lem showed his talent for premonition in "Katar" (1975), which predicted international terrorism, and in "Observations on the Spot"' (1982), which showed absurdity of a conflict between two civilizations.
His novel 'Solaris' was adapted into eponymous films twice. First came the Russian-made film adaptation by director Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972, starring Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk. Lem spent six months working with Tarkovsky in Moscow, but their collaboration ended in a bitter conflict over the changes and additions to the original story. After seeing edited parts of the 1972 film, Lem said of Tarkovsky: "Instead of focusing on deeper moral questions related to frontiers of human knowledge, he made a drama-type 'Crime and Punishment' in space, by making up unnecessary characters of parents and relatives, then adding a hut on an island." "Tarkovsky was a genius, but he was moving in the opposite direction from my book", also said Lem. Upon his doctor's advice Lem did not want to see the 2002 remake by director Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone.
"Solaris" (1961) is arguably the best known work of Lem's works. It deals with the problem of human existence in the world of the unknown. It also shows the inevitability of misunderstandings in human contacts with other worlds. Planet Solaris is inhabited by a single Plasma Ocean organism with the eerie ability to materialize human thoughts. When astronauts become more aggressive in forcing contact with Solaris, it confronts them with pushing the buttons of their most painful thoughts by recreating their dead wives and relatives, and virtually bringing the dead back to life in front of their eyes. Obsolete biological human impulses are shown in stark contrast with the magnitude of the ocean-size organism. At some point humans become an irrational liability to their machine partner, the spaceship. Lem's imagination and talent for creation of alternative reality challenges the limits of human knowledge.
"Past is more perfect than future, which makes me sad," said Lem. Although some of his predictions came true, he expressed his disappointment about the failure of many positive prognosis that were made during the 1960s and 1970s. He died on March 27, 2006, in Kraków, and was laid to rest in the Salwatorski cemetery in Kraków, Poland. His books sold over 27 million copies in 41 languages. - Composer
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Wojciech Kilar was born on 17 July 1932 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Ninth Gate (1999) and The Pianist (2002). He was married to Barbara Pomianowska. He died on 29 December 2013 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.- Actor
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Wojciech Pszoniak was born on 2 May 1942 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Danton (1983), The Promised Land (1975) and Korczak (1990). He was married to Barbara. He died on 19 October 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.- Irena Karel was born on 10 August 1943 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969), Przygody pana Michala (1969) and Ostatni po Bogu (1968).
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Adam Kilian was born on 13 February 1923 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a production designer and art director, known for Television Theater (1953), Król Macius I (1958) and Dekalog (1989). He died on 25 June 2016 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Director
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- Additional Crew
Janusz Majewski was born on 5 August 1931 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Mala matura 1947 (2010), Sublokator (1966) and Excentrycy, czyli po slonecznej stronie ulicy (2015). He was married to Zofia Nasierowska. He died on 10 January 2024 in Poland.- Ryszarda Hanin was born on 30 August 1919 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Jeszcze tylko ten las (1991), Sexmission (1984) and Zofia (1976). She died on 1 January 1994 in Swider, Otwock, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Marlena Milwiw was born on 22 September 1931 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for On, ona, oni (1983), Television Theater (1953) and W zawieszeniu (1987).
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Wlodzimierz Press was born on 13 May 1939 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor and writer, known for Klakier (1983), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) and Europa Europa (1990). He is married to Renata Press. They have one child.- Henryk Matwiszyn was born on 13 January 1932 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Roman i Magda (1979) and Snic we snie (1979). He died on 7 October 1979 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
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Gene Gutowski was born on 26 July 1925 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a producer and production manager, known for Repulsion (1965), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) and The Pianist (2002). He was married to Joanna Smaga, Dorota Puzio, Corinna Liddell, Judy Wilson and Zillah Rhoades. He died on 10 May 2016 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Actor
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Ryszard Filipski was born on 17 July 1934 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Zamach stanu (1980), Wysokie loty (1980) and Hubal (1973). He died on 22 October 2021.- Iga Mayr was born on 17 April 1921 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Ostatni po Bogu (1968), Taranthriller (1997) and Tredowata (2000). She died on 28 January 2001 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Anna Chodakowska was born on 30 March 1920 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Cien (1956) and Heimkehr (1941). She died on 16 June 1991 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland.
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Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki was born on 23 June 1933 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Zapis zbrodni (1974), Skazany (1976) and Jestem przeciw (1985). He died on 2 April 2019 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Director
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Jerzy Domaradzki was born on 6 January 1943 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is a director and assistant director, known for Planeta krawiec (1983), Struck by Lightning (1990) and The Big Race (1981).- Barbara Modelska was born in 1936 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Gangsterzy i filantropi (1963), Pigulki dla Aurelii (1958) and Spotkania (1957). She died on 17 April 2014 in Poland.
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Ryszard Chutkowski was born on 31 January 1933 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer and production manager, known for A Short Film About Killing (1988), The Double Life of Véronique (1991) and A Short Film About Love (1988). He died on 2 March 2015 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Writer
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- Actor
Emanuel Schlechter was born on 26 March 1906 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer and actor, known for The Pianist (2002), Pietro wyzej (1937) and Jadzia (1936). He died on 11 November 1943 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine].- Composer
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Miroslav Skorik was born on 13 June 1938 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Taras. Homecoming (2019), Anton (2019) and Khlib i sil (1971). He died on 1 June 2020 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Composer
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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski was born on 3 October 1923 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for The Truman Show (1998), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Kariera (1955). He was married to Krystyna Jarosz. He died on 21 February 2017 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA.- Wiktor Tychowski was born on August 30, 1903 in Lviv. He was a member of the Association of Silesian Insurgents. For his participation in the uprising in Silesia, he was awarded the Cross of Valor. He was the first musician to promote the Hawaiian guitar in Poland. He was one of the most popular guitarists (alongside Wawrzyniec Zywolewski and Jan Zawrusiewicz), and was engaged by many respected orchestras, including: dancing. In the early 1930s, he founded the Hawaiian Guitar Orchestra and, together with Wiktor Osiecki, he also led a salon orchestra. He performed in front of the microphone of Polish Radio stations in Warsaw, Poznan and Lviv.
As a soloist, accompanist and conductor, Tychowski recorded for as many as four record labels. His orchestra made its first recordings at the end of 1932 for the Syrena-Record company. Shortly afterwards, in the spring of 1933, he and his orchestra made a series of recordings for the Cristal-Electro company. As a conductor, he also collaborated with the composer Mieczyslaw Wróblewski - in 1934, Mieczyslaw Fogg, Tadeusz Faliszewski and the debuting Wiera Gran recorded with their orchestra. In later years, Wiktor Tychowski also recorded as a soloist (with the orchestras of Wladyslaw Eiger, Henryk Gold, Iwo Wesby and Henryk Wars) and accompanist (including those of Olga Kamienska and Adam Aston). In 1935, he led the dancing orchestra at the Monopol Hotel in Katowice. In 1936 he led a dance orchestra, with which he also made numerous recordings. His last recordings come from the end of 1938. In the last years before the war, he performed on Polish cruise ships (including dancing on the Kosciuszko ship during a cruise through Scandinavia, Great Britain and Iceland). Just before the outbreak of the war, in the summer of 1939, he gave concerts in Warsaw with his guitar trio. Tychowski took part in broadcasts of the Warsaw station of Polish Radio, Radiowy tea, artistic afternoon tea, broadcast live, among others. from Dolinka Szwajcarska, he also played in the radio Dance Mosaics.
He composed several songs. The most popular are the tangos My guitar (Singing Lviv) and the tangos devoted to the Polish American community, I had to leave you. He also appeared on the silver screen several times.
During World War II, Wiktor Tychowski served in the navy as a chief petty officer. In 1944, he was the chef on the Polish ship Stefan Batory, transporting soldiers of the 2nd Polish Army Corps in the East from Egypt to Italy. His further fate is unknown. - Wieslaw Nowosielski was born on 7 October 1938 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Big Shar (1983), What Will You Do When You Catch Me? (1978) and Pan na Zulawach (1984). He died on 10 June 2006 in Plock, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Zdzislaw Klucznik was born on 7 October 1919 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Wysokie loty (1980), Gdzie woda czysta i trawa zielona (1977) and 80 huszár (1978). He died on 28 January 2007 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Ursula von Manescul was born on 14 May 1931 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Salto mortale (1969), Mädchen mit Zukunft (1954) and Bezauberndes Fräulein (1953). She was married to Franz M. Lang. She died on 19 March 1991 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Andrzej Kotkowski was born on 17 February 1940 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Obywatel Piszczyk (1988), Olimpiada 40 (1980) and Spokojne lata (1982). He was married to Halina Golanko. He died on 15 January 2016 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Costume Designer
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Ludwina Mannowa was born on 16 February 1921 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland. Ludwina was a costume designer, known for 5 i 1/2 Bladego Józka (1970), Raj na ziemi (1970) and Pulapka (1971). Ludwina died on 12 May 2009.- Zuzanna Helska was born on 7 August 1929 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Konsul (1989), Polska smierc (1995) and One Room Tenants (1960). She died on 29 November 2016 in Wroclaw, Poland.
- Ryszard Barycz was born on 17 March 1924 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Zemsta (1957), Hello, Fred the Beard (1978) and Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (1980). He died on 28 July 2010 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Jerzy Abratowski was born on 22 April 1929 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Amok (1998), O rany, nic sie nie stalo (1987) and Banda (1965). He died on 28 January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Halina Kunicka was born on 18 February 1938 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Biale tango (1981), Dziewczyny do wziecia (1972) and Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (2014).- Writer
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Zbigniew Herbert was born on 29 October 1924 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004) and Petla (1986). He was married to Katarzyna Dzieduszycka. He died on 28 July 1998 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Production Designer
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Andrzej Sadowski was born on 25 June 1925 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. Andrzej was a production designer and costume designer, known for Theatre Macabre (1971), Television Theater (1953) and Resurrection of the Offland (1968). Andrzej died on 9 June 2009 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Zbigniew Wójcik was born on 20 June 1932 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Eighth Day of the Week (1958), Zloto (1962) and Slowo honoru (1953). He died on 8 July 1963 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
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Adam Hanuszkiewicz was born on 16 June 1924 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a director and actor, known for Spóznieni przechodnie (1962), Television Theater (1953) and Zuzanna i chlopcy (1961). He was married to Magdalena Cwen, Zofia Rysiówna, Zofia Kucówna and Marta Stachiewiczówna. He died on 4 December 2011 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Jacek Domanski was born on 20 January 1941 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Czerwone berety (1963), Bokser (1967) and Prywatne sledztwo (1987).
- Jerzy Broszkiewicz was born on 6 June 1922 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Bialy niedzwiedz (1959), Wilczy bilet (1964) and Young Chopin (1952). He died on 5 October 1993 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
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- Writer
Irena Dziedzic was born on 20 June 1925 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress and writer, known for Polowanie na muchy (1969), Television Theater (1953) and Jutro premiera (1962). She died on 5 November 2018 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Krzysztof Baranowski was born on 26 June 1938 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Ranczo (2006), Na ladzie (1973) and Kapitan 'Poloneza' (1972).
- Janina Weglan was born on 9 March 1924 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Hours of Hope (1955) and Pierwsze dni (1952). She died on 14 March 1986 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Ludwika Castori was born on 25 May 1920 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Kalosze szczescia (1958). She died on 9 May 1998 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
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- Soundtrack
Jerzy Lutowski was born on 23 June 1923 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Czerwone berety (1963), Night Train (1959) and Rodzina Milcarków (1962). He died on 3 January 1985 in Paris, France.- Ryszard Wojnarowski was born on 18 May 1937 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Stan strachu (1989), The Hexer (2001) and The Hexer (2002). He died on 11 September 2016 in Jelenia Góra, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Rafal Kajetanowicz was born on 7 April 1920 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Epopee of Warsaw (1953). He died on 9 March 1967 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
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Jan Kulczynski was born in 1931 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland. He was an actor and director, known for Domek z kart (1954), Television Theater (1953) and Szklana góra (1960). He died on 12 April 2015 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Izolda Wojciechowska was born on 23 September 1936 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for M jak milosc (2000), Na dobre i na zle (1999) and A Cat with a Dog (2018).
- Barbara Bienkowska was born on 17 July 1929 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Adventure in Marienstadt (1954). She died on 19 February 2010 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland.
- Jerzy Bielecki was born on 4 January 1922 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Zycie na goraco (1979), Salt of the Black Earth (1970) and Koniec naszego swiata (1964). He died on 28 December 2010 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Leopold Sadurski was born on 29 November 1922 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Skarb (1949), Jasne Lany (1947) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 6 January 1966 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.