Mikhal Zhebrovsky: biography, filmography and personal life

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Michal Zhebrovsky played his first notable role in the historical film by Jerzy Hoffman "With Fire and Sword", after which the actor became known throughout Poland as one of the most beautiful men in the country. How did Zhebrovsky's career develop after such a successful debut and what does the artist do today?

Short biography

Michal Zhebrovsky is a Polish actor born in 1972. Since childhood, he knew that he wanted to engage in acting, so at the first opportunity he enrolled in a circle of reciters.

In 1991, Zhebrovsky became a student at the Warsaw Theater Academy. Even in the third year, a student with such a bright appearance was noticed by several directors and invited to their projects. First, Zhebrovsky appeared in a TV play called "AWOL", and then got a role in the thriller "Let's Rent a Room".

When Michal graduated from the academy, he was invited to play in the Public Theater. Zygmunt Hübner, in which the actor worked for two years. With the theater at Zhebrovsky, everything worked out right away: the first debut on the theater stage was awarded a high award at the XIII Review of Theater Schools in Lodz. Since then careerthe actor is firmly connected with the theatrical scene.

Mikhal rarely appears in films. There are only 25 works in his filmography. This is not enough for a professional who started his career 22 years ago. But in 2010, the actor opened his own theater in Warsaw called "Sixth Floor".

Michal Zhebrovsky: films. "Fire and Sword"

"With Fire and Sword" is the picture that made Michał Zhebrowski famous in at least seven countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Finland, Hungary, Spain and Russia - it was in these states that Jerzy Hoffmann's famous film was shown in 1999

The action in "Fire and Sword" takes place against the backdrop of the civil war of 1648, which engulfed part of the Ukrainian and Polish lands. Bogdan Khmelnitsky became the leader of the Cossacks and peasants who rebelled against the Polish pans.

Mikhal Zhebrovsky received a central role in the historical drama. His character Jan Skshetusky becomes a participant not only in hostilities in which he acts on the side of the Polish king, but also the hero of a love triangle (Jan, the Polish princess Elena and the Cossack Bohun in love with her).

"With Fire and Sword" turned out to be the most expensive Polish painting of the 20th century. Its budget was PLN 24 million. True, a year later this record was broken by Jerzy Kawalerowicz's drama "Kamo come".

Alexander Domogarov, Isabella Skorupko, Krzysztof Kovalevsky, Bogdan Stupka, Ruslana Pysanka and many other famous actors starred together with Mikhail Zhebrovsky in the historical film by Jerzy Hoffman.

Mikhal Zhebrovsky: filmography. The Witcher

The Witcher was shown on Polish television in November 2001. Subsequently, an extended version of it was released as a mini-series. Michal Zhebrovsky, whose films already earned the young actor fame, after the release of The Witcher on the screens, turned into the Polish cinema star No. 1.

The Witcher is a fantasy film based on the stories of Andrzej Sapkowski. Michal Zhebrovsky played the role of the main character Ger alt.

Ger alt is a witcher, a mutant mage born to help people. What he does, using superpowers and exterminating the monsters, vampires, werewolves and other evil spirits that bother the civilian population. One day he becomes under the banner of a small kingdom to protect it from invaders. The Witcher Ger alt is entrusted with an important mission - to return the kidnapped princess to his native land, and he goes in search of her, destroying enemies everywhere.

Mikhal Zhebrovsky got used to the role of the magical "superman" well, for which he was nominated for the Orli-2002 award as the best actor.

Pianist

Michal Zebrowski, whose filmography by 2002 consisted exclusively of Polish films, decided to try his hand at Hollywood and landed a role in the Oscar-winning film The Pianist.

According to the plot, the brilliant Polish pianist Wladyslaw Shpilman (Adrien Brody) has Jewish roots. And he has a hard time when the Nazis come to Poland in 1939. The pianist miraculously avoidsimprisonment in the Warsaw ghetto, but he has to hide from the Germans in rented apartments, and then in dilapidated areas. One day a German (Thomas Kretschmann) finds him, but does not hand him over to the Gestapo, but, on the contrary, feeds him and brings clothes.

After some time, Soviet troops enter the city. Shpilman manages to escape death, but fails to save the German officer who gave him life: he dies in a Soviet prisoner of war camp.

Zhebrovsky played a cameo role of Yurek in the film.

The Mystery of Westerplatte

Actor Michal Zhebrovsky continues to act in films today. One of his latest projects is the war film The Secret of Westerplatte.

Again, the plot of the film takes us to September 1939. The German attack began with the destruction of the Polish garrison on the Westerplatte peninsula. Michal Zhebrovsky played a real character in the film - Henryk Sucharski.

Sukharsky from December 1938 to September 7, 1939 was the commandant of the Transport Warehouse at Westerplatte. When the massive offensive of the German troops began, he insisted on the surrender of the Polish garrison. As a result, capitulation was nevertheless announced, and Henryk Sucharsky stayed in German concentration camps until the end of World War II.

Family and children

Zhebrovsky got married quite late - at the age of 37. His chosen one was Alexandra Adamchik. By profession, the girl is a marketer. And thirteen years younger than her husband. Michal Zhebrovsky, whose wife recently gave birth to a son, became a father exactly one year laterafter the wedding.