
Jan Henryk Machulski (3 July 1928 – 20 November 2008) was a Polish
theater director
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, as well as a
film
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and
theatrical
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actor
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. He appeared in more than 45 film roles and 70 theater roles throughout his career.
Personal life
Machulski was born in
Łódź
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,
Poland
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, on 3 July 1928.
[ He was a graduate of the ]National Film School in Łódź
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and the Polish National Acting School.[
Machulski was married to Polish ]actress
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, Halina Machulska
Halina Machulska (born March 2, 1929) is a Polish theater, film and television actress.
Machulska is the widow of theater director and actor, Jan Machulski, who died in 2008. The couple's son is Polish film director, Juliusz Machulski. Halina an ...
. He was the father of Polish film director
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Juliusz Machulski
Juliusz Machulski (born 10 March 1955 in Olsztyn) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Son of noted actor Jan Machulski, he became notable for his comedies ridiculing the life in communist-ruled Poland of the 1970s and ...
.
Career
Machulski pursued a successful dual career in theater directing, as well as acting
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.
As a theater director, Machulski production credits included the Polish language
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adaptations of ''Sen nocy letniej'' (''Midsummer Night's Dream
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''), ''Antigone
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'' (''Antygona'') and ''Hamlet
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''.[ He also produced and directed two of his own original plays, ''Niebezpieczne zabawy'' (''Dangerous Games'') and ''Lek'' (''Anxiety'').][
As an actor, Machulski appeared in approximately 70 theatre and 45 film roles over the span of his career.][ Some of his most noted roles included ''Rzeczpospolita babska'' ('' Womanish Republic''), ''Sublokator'' (''Lodger'') and ''Psy'' (''Dogs''), ''Ostatni dzień lata'' (''The Last Summer's Day''), ''Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie'' (''A Manuscript Found in Saragossa'') and ''Lalka'' (''Doll'').][
Machulski appeared in a number of ]television show
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s and plays specifically for children. He appeared in the popular children's television series, '' Przygody Pana Samochodzika'' (''Mr. Car Adventures
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'') and in '' Podroz za jeden usmiech'' ('' A Trip for a Smile'').[ He also played the main character in '' Wyspa Złoczyncow'' ( Thieves Island).][
Machulski and his son, director ]Juliusz Machulski
Juliusz Machulski (born 10 March 1955 in Olsztyn) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Son of noted actor Jan Machulski, he became notable for his comedies ridiculing the life in communist-ruled Poland of the 1970s and ...
, collaborated and worked together on several different films. Their first collaboration occurred in 1981 when he appeared in the film, ''Vabank
''Vabank'' is a 1981 Polish comedy heist film written and directed by Juliusz Machulski, set in 1934 Warsaw (although actually filmed in Łódź and Piotrków Trybunalski).
The film received several awards and nominations, among them:
* Polish F ...
'', which was directed by Juliusz Machulski.[ Machulski went on to star in several of his son's other films, including '']Kingsajz
''Kingsajz'' is a 1988 cult film, cult Poland, Polish comedy fantasy film directed by Juliusz Machulski. The action takes place in late communist Poland and in a fictional Lilliput and Blefuscu, Lilliputian kingdom called Szuflandia (Drawerland) ...
'' (''Kingsize''), ''Deja vu'', ''Kiler'' (''Killer'') and ''Vinci''.[
Machulski served as the ]dean
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of the National Film School Acting Faculty for many years.[ He was a recipient of the Polish Golden Order of Merit.][
]
Death
Jan Machulski died of a heart attack in Warsaw, Poland, on 20 November 2008, at the age of 80.[Jan Machulski]
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References
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1928 births
2008 deaths
Male actors from Łódź
Polish male film actors
Polish male stage actors
Polish theatre directors
Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw alumni