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Zygmunt Malanowicz was born on 4 February 1938 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor and writer, known for Knife in the Water (1962), Jaroslaw Dabrowski (1976) and Bez ulik (1992). He died on 4 April 2021 in Poland.- Albert Sinkys was born on 3 March 1940 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Ms .45 (1981). He was married to Catherine. He died on 25 July 1999 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Emil Karewicz was born on 13 March 1923 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Cien (1956), Lalka (1978) and Der ungebetene Gast (1981). He was married to Delfina, Ewa and Teresa. He died on 18 March 2020 in Poland.
- Zbigniew Stok was born on 21 February 1924 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for She Devils of the SS (1973). He died on 21 August 1990 in Zürich, Switzerland.
- Petr (Peter) Shelokhonov was born in 1929, in Hajduki, Wilno Voivodeship, then part of Poland (now Belarus). His ancestors came from Poland, from Lithuania, and from Ukraine. Petr was destined to practice medicine, like his father, but his fate was changed by war. He survived the German and Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, when his birthplace was annexed by the Soviets and became a battleground that was scorched by German and Soviet armies in 1941-1944. The Nazis arrested Petr and he was severely wounded in his forehead but he escaped and survived. Then he joined the partisans resistance in the woods.
There Petr Shelokhonov had his first acting experience. He was performing parodies of Hitler and the Nazis to his fellow partisans. His performances helped lift their spirits in a time when they were struggling to survive. This experience accentuated his humble, modest character. The scar on his forehead, the mark of war, made his acting career seem like an impossible dream; but Petr was determined. He made puppets and a screen, and worked in his own puppet theater from 1943 - 1945. In his show titled "Peter and the Wolf" he managed to lead four puppets with four voices, and also played the accordion. He performed for bread and rare food packages from the American airlift, and he was very lucky to survive until the end of WWII.
In 1945 he became a piano student at the Kiev Conservatory of Music, he also played the accordion on stage. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff were his favorites as well as the music of Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and other stars from the Voice of America radio shows. Eventually he became a stand-up comedian in Leningrad. There, in 1949, he was drafted in the Red Navy and served in the Baltic Fleet for five years under dictator Stalin. There he was arrested for telling a political joke and was detained in a strict guardhouse. After the death of Stalin, Shelokhonov was discharged from service. He managed to survive the roughest realities of life under Soviet dictatorship; but when his free spirited humor angered the hard liners again, many doors closed. After that, Petr's acting career was limited to Siberia. He moved to the Siberian city of Irkutsk and graduated from Irkutsk Drama School.
He became a member of the troupe at Irkutsk Drama Theater in the 1950s, then joined the Chekhov's Drama Theatre in the city of Taganrog in the 1960s, then, upon invitation from Lenfilm Studios, he returned to Leningrad in 1968. There, after a few successful appearances on television, he made his big screen debut as spy Sotnikov in "Hidden Enemy"/"No Amnesty" in which Petr Shelokhonov played a foreign spy wearing a Soviet uniform and killing people. When the movie was released in January 1969, a real Red Army officer wearing a uniform approached the Moscow Kremlin and made several gun shots trying to kill the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Immediately after this attack on the Soviet leader, the movie "Hidden Enemy"/"No Amnesty" was banned, all film copies were destroyed by the Soviet government, and Petr Shelokhonov together with the other filmmakers were censored. A replacement film Razvyazka (1969) was made under supervision from Soviet special agents who ordered that now the foreign spy in the movie must be dressed in a white shirt to be visible for moviegoers in the Soviet Union. Petr Shelokhonov played that foreign spy in a white shirt, albeit he survived again thanks to his talent, but Soviet censorship restricted him from leading roles. He spent most of his professional acting career working for film studios in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev and Odessa.
Petr Shelokhonov played leading and supporting roles in Russian and international films, and his filmography includes over 80 roles in film and on television. His film and stage partners were such actors as Mikhail Boyarskiy, Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Krasko, Pavel Luspekayev, Efim Kopelian, Sergey Boyarskiy, Nikolay Boyarskiy, Natalya Fateeva, Andrey Myagkov, Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, and other stars. He also played over 100 roles on stage in Russian and International theater productions. He played the leading role (Sam) in Photo Finish, written and directed by Peter Ustinov.
Petr Shelokhonov was designated Honorable Actor of Russia (1979). He passed away in 1999, and was laid to rest in St. Petersburg, Russia. Books about him were published in Russia and in the USA. - Bernard Ladysz was born on 24 July 1922 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Pierscien i róza (1987), The Quack (1982) and Lalka (1968). He was married to Leokadia Rymkiewicz. He died on 25 July 2020 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jerzy Passendorfer was born on 8 April 1923 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a director and writer, known for Powrót (1960), Zamach (1959) and Zabijcie czarna owce (1972). He died on 20 February 2003 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Kazimierz Brusikiewicz was born on 16 February 1926 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Skarb (1949), Skradziona kolekcja (1979) and Klub kawalerów (1962). He was married to Lidia Korsakówna. He died on 4 January 1989 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Ryszard Urbanowicz was born on 27 June 1921 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Television Theater (1953), Gniewko, syn rybaka (1969) and Epilog norymberski (1971). He died on 23 November 1984 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Jadwiga Zajicek was born on 25 November 1925 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Second Polish Republic [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She was an editor and director, known for Protokól zniszczenia (1983), Our XXth Century (1988) and Zabij mnie glino (1988). She died on 20 March 2023 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.- Jolanta Lothe was born on 19 April 1942 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Haslo Korn (1968), Tylko umarly odpowie (1969) and Brunet wieczorowa pora (1976). She was married to Piotr Lachmann and Helmut Kajzar. She died on 1 April 2022 in Poland.
- Maria Koscialkowska was born on 2 February 1922 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Passenger (1963), Dekalog (1989) and Romans prowincjonalny (1977). She died on 11 August 2020.
- Iréna Mayeska was born on 30 June 1934 in Wilno, Poland. She was an actress, known for Playdate (1961), Sweet Beat (1959) and Partners (1976). She was married to Leslie Lawton. She died in 2009.
- Ewa Skarzanka was born on 11 June 1944 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Polowanie na muchy (1969), Wezwanie (1971) and Klan (1997). She was married to Andrzej Przybylski and Karol Stepkowski. She died on 18 March 2005 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Irena Hrehorowicz was born on 27 December 1930 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Daleko od szosy (1976), Nights and Days (1975) and Noce i dnie (1978). She died on 9 March 1980 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Irena Kownas was born on 9 August 1937 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She is an actress, known for The Master and Margarita (1990), Nights and Days (1975) and Lata dwudzieste... lata trzydzieste... (1984).
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ryszard Ber was born on 2 February 1933 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a director and writer, known for Cudzoziemka (1986), Thais (1984) and Kaszebe (1971). He died on 27 May 2004 in Poland.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ada Rusowicz was born on 8 September 1944 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Przekladaniec (1968) and Kulig (1968). She was married to Wojciech Korda. She died on 1 January 1991 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland.- Editor
- Sound Department
- Writer
Lidia Zonn was born on 17 May 1934 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She is an editor and writer, known for Odbicia (1990), Tu, gdzie zyjemy (1962) and Cien juz niedaleko (1985). She was previously married to Kazimierz Karabasz.- Magda Teresa Wójcik was born on 10 June 1934 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Matka Królów (1987), Zielona milosc (1980) and Without Anesthesia (1978). She was married to Jerzy Wójcik. She died on 17 September 2011 in Podkowa Lesna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Stanislaw Wyszynski was born on 12 January 1932 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Zona dla Australijczyka (1964), Zabij mnie glino (1988) and Anatomia milosci (1972). He died on 12 December 2012 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Henryk Sakowicz was born on 3 June 1929 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Kim jest ten czlowiek? (1985). He died on 16 November 1991 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Tadeusz Szarski was born on 6 January 1932 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Hello, Fred the Beard (1978), Cala naprzód (1967) and Tajemnica puszczy (1991). He died on 24 January 2017 in Poland.- Adam Kwiatkowski was born on 16 May 1922 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Prom (1970), Niedaleko Warszawy (1954) and Trzy opowiesci (1953). He died on 10 July 2005 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.
- Stanislaw Michalski was born on 3 September 1932 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for The Tin Drum (1979), Lalka (1978) and Mokry szmal (1986). He died on 1 February 2011 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland.