Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

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Grave of Aleksander and Jadwiga Ścibor-Rylski in the North City Cemetery in Warsaw

Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski (born March 16, 1928 in Grudziądz , † April 3, 1983 in Warsaw ) was a Polish writer , screenwriter and director .

Life

During the Second World War and the German occupation of Poland , the young Ścibor-Rylski was a soldier in the Polish Home Army ( Armia Krajowa - AK) and a member of the underground scout organization ( Szare Szeregi ). In 1944 he took part in the Warsaw Uprising .

After the end of the war he studied Polish studies at the University of Warsaw ; he completed his studies in 1951. As early as 1946, at the age of 18, he had his first publications as a writer. His novel Węgiel ( Coal , 1950) has been translated into several languages. However, he primarily worked as a screenwriter. From 1955 to 1965 he was director of the film art group Rytm , from 1972 to 1978 of the Pryzmat group .

His three collaborations with Andrzej Wajda ( Legionnaires , 1965; The Marble Man , 1976; The Iron Man , 1981) received special international attention ; all three films ran in the competition for the Palme d'Or in Cannes , which the third (also Ścibor-Rylski's last film) finally won.

His posthumously published novel Pierścionek z końskiego włosia was filmed in 1992 by Wajda under the title Love Between the Fronts ( Pierścionek z orłem w koronie ).

Works

Books

  • Orczewski i jego brygada . Warsaw 1949
  • Górnicze gołębie pokoju . Warszawa 1950
  • "Pancerz" Józefa Szulca . Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 1950 ( Biblioteka przodowników pracy , Volume 60)
  • Staszek Kaługa staje do współzawodnictwa . Warszawa 1950
  • Węgiel . Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 1950 - a novel
    • German edition: coal . Verlag Volk und Welt, East Berlin 1952 (translated by Rudolf Pabel)
  • Dwanaście felietonów . Warsaw 1951
  • Wieczór u Hanysa Dębiczka . Warsaw 1953
  • Ivan . Warsaw 1954
  • Sprawa Szymka Bielasa . Warsaw 1954
  • Cień i inne opowiadania . Iskry, Warszawa 1955 - Short stories
  • Styczén . Warsaw 1956
  • Bliski nieznajomy . Warsaw 1968
  • Rodeo . Warsaw 1968
  • I dzień powszedni. Opowiadania filmowe . Iskry, Warszawa 1972 - Film narratives
  • Pierścionek z końskiego włosia . Fundacja Kultura '90, Warszawa 1991. ISBN 83-900058-8-3 (edited by Tadeusz Drewnowski)

Films as a director and screenwriter

  • 1963 - Everyday life in a marriage ( Ich dzień powszedni )
  • 1964 - Late afternoon ( Późne popołudnie )
  • 1965 - Jutro Meksyk
  • 1967 - The murderer leaves traces ( Morderca zostawia ślad )
  • 1968 - Wolf Echo ( Wilcze echa )
  • 1969 - Neighbors ( Sąsiedzi )

Scripts

Screenplay for SOS under the name of his wife, Jadwiga Wojtyłło
Script for Lalka together with Jadwiga Wojtyłło
  • 1981 - The Iron Man ( Człowiek z żelaza ; Director: Andrzej Wajda)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ścibor-Rylski had already written the script in 1962.
  2. ↑ See http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/123571 (cited there as the source: "Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury" T. 8)

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personal data
SURNAME Ścibor-Rylski, Aleksander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish writer, screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Grudziądz
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1983
Place of death Warsaw