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Jan Rubes was born in Volyne, Czechoslovakia, to Ruzena (Kellnerová) and Jan Rubes. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, he went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early years. By 1948, he was chosen to represent Czechoslovakia at the International Music Festival held in Geneva and won first prize in his category. He emigrated to Canada on New Year's Eve 1948 with hopes of creating a greater musical career. As a member of the Canadian Opera Company, he achieved recognition for his roles, as Boris in "Boris Godunov", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". He also served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television. Most moviegoers would recognize Jan Rubes in Witness (1985) (a Harrison Ford film), where he portrayed an Amish patriarch. He lived in Toronto with his wife, actor/director Susan Douglas Rubes. They had three children.- Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michal Waszynski was born on 29 September 1904 in Kowel, Poland, Russian Empire [now Kovel, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and producer, known for Fiamme sul mare (1948), Bedzie lepiej (1936) and District Attorney (1933). He died on 20 February 1965 in Madrid, Spain.- Additional Crew
- Director
- Cinematographer
Abraham Zapruder was born on 15 May 1905 in Kowel, Poland, Russian Empire [now Kovel, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Dispatches (1987). He was married to Lillian Zapruder. He died on 30 August 1970 in Dallas, Texas, USA.- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Director Ben Barenholtz has been a key presence in the independent film scene - as an exhibitor, distributor, and producer.
In 1968 he opened the Elgin Cinema. The theater became the world's most innovative specialty and revival house, relaunching the films of Buster Keaton among others and screening cult, underground, and experimental films for the emerging counter-cultural audience.
Barenholtz also developed new ways of screening movies. Most notably, he originated the Midnight Movie concept in 1970 with Jodorowsky's El Topo. and followed by John Waters' Pink Flamingos and Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come.
Barenholtz formed Libra Films in 1972. The first film Libra distributed was a revival of Jean-Pierre Melville's Les Enfants Terrible, followed by Tacchella's Cousin, Cousine, which became one of the largest grossing foreign films in the US and was nominated for 3 Academy Awards. Libra also launched and distributed, among others, George Romero's Martin, John Sayles' first feature Return of the Secaucus Seven, and David Lynch's first feature Eraserhead.
In 1984 he joined with Ted and Jim Pedas to form Circle Releasing. Among the films released by Circle were Yoshimitsu Morita's The Family Game, Guy Maddin's first feature Tales From the Gimli Hospital, Vincent Ward's The Navigator, John Woo's The Killer, Catherine Breillat's 36 Fillette, Alain Cavalier's Therese, and Blood Simple, the first film by Joel and Ethan Coen. He continued working with the Coens on the production of Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor. This was the first and last time the three top honors have all gone to the same film at Cannes.
Barenholtz went on to produce George Romero's Bruiser, J Todd Anderson's The Naked Man, executive-produced the only film Gregory Hines ever directed, Bleeding Hearts, and Ulu Grossbard's Georgia. He served as co-executive producer of Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. Barenholtz directed his first feature, Music Inn, a documentary about the famed fifties jazz venue. His second documentary, Wakaliwood, was shot entirely in the slums of Kampala, Uganda.
In 2016, he received the Berlinale Camera award from the Berlinale Film Festival to honor his contributions to the independent film scene.
He has directed his first fiction film, Alina, starring Darya Ekamasova, which will release in Fall 2017. He is developing an autobiographical film, Aaron, and the sequel to Alina.
But his real claim to fame is a five second appearance in George Romero's original Dawn of the Dead.- Natalya Uzhviy was born on 8 September 1898 in Lyuboml, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Liuboml, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Rainbow (1944), Zemlya (1954) and Taras Tryasylo (1927). She died on 29 July 1986 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
- Irving Ludwig was born on 3 November 1910 in Luck, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was married to Helen Ludwig. He died on 26 November 2005 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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- Additional Crew
- Writer
Szymon Szurmiej was born on 18 June 1923 in Luck, Wolynskie, Poland [now Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Kamienica na Nalewkach, czyli szlagiery zydowskiej ulicy (2000) and Der Dibuk (1979). He was married to Golda Tencer. He died on 16 July 2014 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Kazimierz Dejmek was born on 17 May 1924 in Kowel, Wolynskie, Poland [now Kovel, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and actor, known for Television Theater (1953) and Jasne Lany (1947). He was married to Danuta Mniewska, Anna Ploszaj and Irena Remiszewska. He died on 31 December 2002 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Juliusz Berger was born on 15 November 1928 in Luck, Wolynskie, Poland [now Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1980), War and Love (1985) and Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza (1989). He died on 22 January 1999 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Stanislaw Kokesz was born on 1 August 1927 in Luck, Wolynskie, Poland [now Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and assistant director, known for Gubernator (1965), Tandem (1966) and Przystan (1971). He died on 26 June 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.- Eugeniusz Robaczewski was born on 17 March 1931 in Luck, Wolynskie, Poland [now Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Teddy Bear (1981), Urodziny Matyldy (1975) and Awans (1975). He died on 1 November 2003 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Vladimír T. Gottwald was born on 8 September 1954 in Volyné, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for The Fury (2016), Kamenák (2003) and Mordparta (2016).
- Jan Greber was born on 20 August 1939 in Luck, Wolynskie, Poland [now Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Pierwszy milion (2000), Na bialym szlaku (1963) and Lalka (1978). He was married to Marzena Trybala. He died on 16 August 2023 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Writer
- Actor
Daniil Granin was born on 1 January 1919 in Volyn, Kursk Governorate, RSFSR [now Russia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Idu na grozu (1965), Posle svadby (1963) and Iskateli (1957). He died on 4 July 2017 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.- Helena Mniszkówna was born on 24 May 1878 in Kurczyce, Poland, Russian Empire [now Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Tredowata (1926), Tredowata (1936) and Gehenna (1938). She died on 18 March 1943 in Sabnie, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Aleksey Omelchuk was born on 25 March 1911 in Ustilug, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ustyluh, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Zdravstvuy, Gnat (1963), Yunga so shkhuny Kolumb (1964) and Beztalanna (1966). He died on 22 January 1981 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ryszard Zaorski was born on 27 March 1928 in Luck, Wolynskie, Poland [now Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Desperacja (1989), Perla w koronie (1972) and Gromada (1952). He was married to Ewa. He died on 14 October 2019.- Leonid Kravchuk was born on 10 January 1934 in Zytyn Wielki, Volyn Voivodeship, Poland [now Velykyi Zhytyn, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine]. He was married to Antonina Mykhailivn. He died on 10 May 2022 in Ukraine.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Script and Continuity Department
Zbigniew Zaluski was born on 31 July 1926 in Kiwerce, Wolynskie, Poland [now Kivertsi, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. Zbigniew was a writer, known for Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga (1970), Miedzy wrzesniem a majem (1969) and Legenda (1971). Zbigniew died on 5 March 1978 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Anna Pourová was born on 28 April 1899 in Volyne, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Divá Bára (1949), Trhák (1981) and Slunce, seno, erotika (1991). She died on 16 February 1998 in Volyne, Czech Republic.
- Actor
- Music Department
Eduard Haken was born on 22 March 1910 in Shklin, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Rusalka (1975), Don Gio (1992) and Blues pro EFB (1980). He died on 12 January 1996 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Piotr Erlich was born on 1 September 1903 in Lokacze, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lokachi, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for How Far, How Near (1972) and Der Dibuk (1979). He died on 12 August 1982 in Kazimierz Dolny, Lubelskie, Poland.
- Josef Hrubý was born on 10 May 1932 in Volyné, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for Príbeh '88 (1989), Svítalo celou noc (1980) and Dum poslední radosti (1996). He died on 19 July 2017 in Plzen, Czech Republic.
- Olga Bielska was born on 4 December 1922 in Kiwerce, Wolynskie, Poland [now Kivertsi, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Lekarstwo na milosc (1966), Deszczowy lipiec (1958) and Misja specjalna (1987). She died on 25 July 1996 in Zalew Zegrzynski, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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- Writer
- Actor
Michal Friedman was born on 17 January 1913 in Kowel, Poland, Russian Empire [now Kovel, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer and actor, known for Europa Europa (1990), Television Theater (1953) and Skrzypce Rotszylda (1988). He died on 24 May 2006 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.