He debuted on the screen over six decades ago, and today he is considered one of the most outstanding actors in the native film industry. His artistic achievements consist of many iconic productions, such as “Promised Land”, “Mr. Wołodyjowski”, “Wedding” and “Ashes”. Although on February 27, 2025 it will celebrate his 80th birthday, it is still professionally active and does not intend to slow down. On this occasion, he gave an extensive interview to the magazine “Mrs”, in which he told about his career and revealed some interesting facts from private life.
Olbrychski was born six months after the Warsaw Uprising. So he recalls his childhood
He talked about birth at the end of Olbrychski many times in interviews. GThe Warsaw Uprising broke out, his mother was already pregnant. – After years, my mother told me about the basements in which she was hiding. (…) The very fact that I survived it borders on a miracle He said. Just before the birth, his parents and his older brother moved to the manor of relatives, where they were waiting for the solution. – When my time came, my mother was taken to the hospital in Łowicz. I was born in the light of the oil lamp – he said.
After the war, the family returned to the capital, but not for long. The city was ruined, and there were no prospects for work, and in addition, several other families were taken to their apartment in the tenement house. Then his mother decided to return to his hometown of Drohiczyn, where she undertook to study students of the reactivated high school. – Mother, an educated romanist and Polish teacher from the University of Vilnius, got two jobs and took us with her – he recalled And he added that even Czesław Miłosz was delighted with the city. “I suspect that he had at least connected him in Vilnius with my mother,” he admitted. He added that after many years he had the opportunity to meet personally.
Olbrychski overpowered the dangerous passenger of the aircraft. If it wasn’t for him, there would be a tragedy
In the same conversation, Olbrychski revealed that not only during the war he brushed his death. He returned by memories to September 1987, when he flew to Athens for photos to the Greek psychological and political “Last Department”. It was then on board the plane one of the passengers began to threaten the safety of the others. “Everything happened quickly: he hit one flight attendant, beat the other, and then started running towards the pilot cabin,” he reported. Without thinking much, he decided to stand in his way. I threw myself at him without thinking. I wanted to overpower him with judo’s grips, but he was too strong, so I knocked him out with one blow, breaking his jaw – he said.
Ultimately, the plane turned to Warsaw, and an ambulance and special services that took the delinquent were waiting at the Okęcie airport. – It turned out that he was a schizophrenic deported to Greece, who decided to commit suicide with us. Before departure, they took his handcuffs and stuffed with a horse dose of sedatives. He was to sleep and Armageddon unleashed – he recalled. Jerzy Dziewulski, who then commanded the anti -terrorist unit of the airport, “thanked him for the daring action.” “I saved 150 people, a plane and myself,” he said with undisguised pride. We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.
Source: Gazeta
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