Daniel Olbrychsky: filmography, personal life, photo

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Daniel Olbrychsky is a famous theater and film actor. He was born in Łowicz in 1945, on February 27th. Olbrychski was mainly associated with the TVP Youth Theater between 1963 and 1964. Oddly enough, he did not finish his studies at the Warsaw State Higher Theater School, since he made his film debut in Janusz Nasfeter's film Wounded in the Forest (1964) in his first year. Today, few people remember that it was this picture that opened Olbrychsky, who at the time of participation in the filming was 19 years old. Below you can see what Daniel Olbrychsky looked like in his youth. The photo was taken in 1967.

Youth roles

Ashes (1965) is the next film to overshadow this debut. It also starred Daniel Olbrychsky. In his youth, the role of Rafal Olbromski, played by him in the film by Andrzej Wajda, one of the main ones in the film, became the beginning of a collaboration that lasted for many years. Olbrychsky's acting education was replaced by an internship with Waida's team.

20-year-old Daniel Olbrychsky attracted attention primarily with his natural charm. The face of this young man expressed an original personality and innerstrength. Despite the fact that the actor lacked skill, Olbrychsky created a memorable image in this film, after which he received several offers from various directors at once. He played with Janusz Morgenstern in the films "Jovita" and "Then there will be silence", with Juliana Dziedzina in the film "The Boxer".

1969 in the life of an actor

The actor returned to work with Wajda in 1969. Daniel Olbrychsky took part in the films "Everything for Sale" and "Fly Hunting". "Everything for sale" - a picture that was a tribute to Zbigniew Cybulski, who died tragically. Olbrychsky acted as an actor in the film.

Tadeusz Sobolevsky noted that he took the place of the deceased in this film, as if accepting his role. Subsequently, Daniel Olbrychsky, whose biography interests us, really became an idol. But he was not like Cybulsky. He didn't try to copy it. In 1969, the actor began to collaborate with another director who played a significant role in his career - Jerzy Hoffman. The great triumph of Daniel Olbrychsky was the role of Tugay-beyevich in Henryk Sienkiewicz's film "Pan Volodyevsky". His hero is cruel and merciless, but at the same time capable of romantic sacrifices. 30 years later, he also participated in Hoffmann's film epic "With Fire and Sword", playing the role of Tugay-beyevich's father. Daniel Olbrychsky, whose photographs are presented in the article, as you may have already noticed, is a very interesting person.

1970 in Olbrychsky's career

1970 brought this actorroles in several of Vaida's films, completely different from the previous ones. A big surprise for him was the proposal to participate in "Landscape after the battle" - a painting created based on the work of T. Borovsky. The actor could not imagine himself in the role of a cold observer. But he managed to perfectly convey the character of a man who has lost his vitality, a depressed person who is trying to return to life after the nightmare of Auschwitz.

It was also difficult for Daniel Olbrychsky to play the role of an internally burnt out man who despaired after the death of his wife in the film "Bereznyak", based on the work of Y. Ivashkevich. The actor proved with these two works that the range of his abilities and talent is much wider than expected.

Psychologically penetrating, focused acting, he also demonstrated in the film called "Family Life". After a not entirely successful performance in the 1971 film "Pilate and Others" (directed by Vaida), the actor played the role of the groom in the next film by Vaida, released in 1972 ("The Wedding").

The role of Kmita

The role of Kmitsa ("The Flood"), proposed by Hoffmann Olbrychsky, caused almost a national discussion. In this image, few expected to see him. Having played in "The Flood", this actor created an image that went far beyond the costume film. It turned out to be a truthful and convincing hero in his contradictions - the actor managed to make a thinking character out of a bully and warriors.

"Flood" and "Promised Land"

Actor after the premiere of "The Flood" again praised by critics. This film gained immense popularity. He was even nominated for an Oscar. Luck did not leave Olbrychsky. He again, after the end of the filming of "The Flood", played in the 1974 film Wajda "Promised Land". In this picture, the actor played the role of Borovetsky, a young gentry, a hero devoid of human feelings, ready for any meanness for a career. Daniel Olbrychsky demonstrated accuracy and skill in this role, although, as he himself admitted, he played "against himself", because at the beginning of his career he wanted to embody noble and straightforward heroes.

Young ladies from Vilko

The 1970s in Olbrychsky's career were marked by yet another great work. This is the role of Viktor Ruben in the 1979 film "Young Ladies from Vilko" (directed by Vaida). A picture based on the work of Ivashkevich was shot. This role is considered by many to be the best in Olbrychsky's career. He created an image of a hero who feels a sense of imperfection. The picture was also nominated for an Oscar.

Emigration

Further works of this actor are as follows. He played in the films "Kung Fu", "Knight" and "Inspection on the spot" (the first picture was released in 1979, the other two - in 1980). After martial law was declared in 1980, Daniel Olbrychsky left the country for political reasons. His filmography in later years is therefore presented inmostly works in the films of various Western directors.

Return to Polish cinema

In 1985, the actor returned to Polish cinema. He starred in Pyotr Shulkin's film "Ha, ha. Glory to the Heroes." In it, Daniel played a prisoner sent to an alien planet. Olbrychsky also appeared in "Toporiad" by Witold Leshchinsky and in the film by A. Tshos-Rastavetsky "I am against". In the last picture, he played the head of a drug help center.

Three years later, the actor starred in the third part of the "Decalogue" with K. Kieślowski. After that - in "The Order of Feelings" (1993). In 1995, such films with his participation as "The Lark" and "The Story of Master Tvardovsky" appeared.

Continuation of cooperation with Vaida

In 1999, Olbrychsky returns to work with Wajda. He played Gervasius in Pan Tadeusz. Three years later, the actor starred in the film "Revenge" by the same director. Again, he meets with Hoffmann in the aforementioned film "Fire and Sword", as well as in another film ("Ancient Tradition"), in which he embodied the role of Pyastun. Olbrychsky also starred in such films as "Persona non grata" (2005) and "Weekend Stories" (1997).

Foreign cinema

Daniel Olbrychsky already in the early 1970s played in 3 films by Miklós Jancso, a Hungarian director. But only in 1979 he began his foreign career with the role of Jan Bronsky in the film "The Tin Drum", awarded the "Oscar" and the Goldenpalm branch. The actor in subsequent years travels around Europe, acting in German, French, Italian films, as well as Russian (after 1990).

In 1981, he got the main role in L. Zafranovich's film "The Fall of Italy", as well as in the film Lelouch Code "One and the Other". The next work was the picture of 1982 "Trout" (directed by Joseph Losey).

In 1984, the actor was noted in R. Dembo's film "Elephant's Diagonal". Later Olbrychsky Daniel played a number of other roles. Films in which he participated - "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "At the Jeweler's Shop", "Nocturne", "Steps of Love", "Red Orchestra", "The Barber of Siberia". In total, this artist starred in more than 100 films, foreign and Polish.

The actor's partners on the set were such great artists as Michel Piccoli, Marina Vlady, Isabelle Hupert, Hanna Shigula, Leslie Caron, Simone Signoret and Burt Lancaster.

Theatrical work

The theater occupies a special place in Olbrychsky's life. He performed from 1969 at the Teatr Powszechny, and a little later at the National Theater in Warsaw. There Olbrychsky played 450 times the main role in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". This actor in France performed an adaptation of "Gone with the Wind", where he played the role of Rhett Butler. Olbrychsky also worked with Khanushkevich on the works of A. Fredro, participated in the performances of "Three by Three"(Papkin), "Husband and Wife" (Gustav-Vaclav).

In the 1990s, he appeared in Lapitsky's Revenge as Chashnik. The actor also continued to play in the classics, staged by Khanushkevich at the National Theater in Warsaw. In 2006, in a performance prepared on the occasion of the 60th anniversary, he played in Shakespeare's play King Lear directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. These are just his main theatrical roles.

Now let's talk a little about the actor's family.

Daniel Olbrychsky: personal life

He has three children from different women: Victor, Veronica and Rafal. Rafal (child from Monika Dzenisevich) - guitarist, composer, actor, has already participated in six films. For almost 20 years, Daniel Olbrychsky was married to the daughter of Andrzej Lapitsky, a Polish actor, Susanna Lapitsky. From her, his daughter Veronica was born.

The youngest son, Viktor, was born to Barbara Sukova, a German actress. During the affair with her, the actor was married to Suzanne, loved two women at the same time and could not leave any of them.

Daniel Olbrychsky lives near Warsaw. He is raising two grandchildren, the sons of his firstborn Rafal. The actor is surrounded by cats, as well as a Yorkshire terrier. He prefers forest and silence to big cities.