Many foreign directors invited this Polish actor to shoot in his paintings, and now films with the participation of Daniel Olbrychsky can be seen in almost all European countries.
The famous theater and film actor Daniel Olbrykhsky was born in 1945 in the city of Lovich. Just at that time there were fights for the liberation of Poland from the Nazis, so the time was not easy. After the birth of little Daniel, their family moved to the city of Drogichin, where he spent his childhood.
Then there was a move to Warsaw, life in a communal apartment for 3 families, a poor childhood. In the capital, Daniel studied at school, and later at the Lyceum. Even then, his rebellious spirit and wayward character manifested itself: he did not want to meet the standards, often received "bad luck" and almost flew out of the lyceum. It’s good that the physical education and French teachers interceded, the guy pulled himself up and passed the exams perfectly.
Mom constantly tried to "develop" her son culturally: she gave books, took her to the theater and taught him to play the piano. One day she found out that Warsaw television was recruiting young people to the studio, and advised Daniel to try to enter it.
As a result, as a student of the Lyceum, he performed at the “Poetry Studio” of Warsaw Television. This helped to get the family out of poverty - because his fees were much higher than the income of his parents.
Actor's career
On television, Daniel liked it, and he wanted to become an actor - he entered the Warsaw Higher Theater School, but did not finish it, since he began acting in films.
At the age of 19 he starred in the film "Wounded in the Forest" (1964), followed by the film "Ashes" (1965). Later, the actor said that his theatrical school was an internship in the team of Andrzej Wajda - it replaced him with an acting education.
The guarantee of this master at that time was worth a lot, and other directors began to invite Olbrykhsky, he starred quite a lot in the 60s.
The film "Pan Volodyevsky" (1969), or rather the role of Tugai-beevich in this film, became the actor’s triumph in the movie. Olbrykhsky brilliantly showed a combination of cruelty and romanticism in the same person, for which he gained fame as an excellent actor.
In the 70s, Daniel again collaborated with Vaida, and he offers him roles in a completely different role - for example, in the films Landscape after the Battle (1970) and Bereznyak (1970). After that, he began to get major roles in high-quality films. One of the best roles of this period, critics consider the role of Victor Ruben in the film "Young Ladies from Vilco" (1979) - the film was nominated for an Oscar.
The subsequent years of the life of the famous actor, including the beginning of the century, are marked by constant work in foreign films - during this time he starred in more than 100 films. Here are just a few of them: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Nocturne, At the Jeweler's Shop, Steps of Love, and The Siberian Barber.
