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- Actor
- Producer
Aleksey Guskov was born on May 20, 1958 in Brzeg, Poland. Best known to the Western public for starring in Golden Globe nominated French film "Concert" 2009, Aleksei Guskov played more than 70 roles in cinema and TV. He gained an enormous popularity in Russia after the broadcast of a series titled "The Border; Taiga's Romance" (2001). Russians also admire his role in "The Garbage Man," (2002), a philosophical saga about a former killer who works as a waste collector in a small provincial town. In 2011 Guskov played the role of Maco in "Italian movies" directed by Italian Matteo Pellegrini. In 2013 he has been selected to play the Pope John Paul II in a new Italian TV fiction film "The secret life of Pope Wojtyla". He is also starring in French movies "L'Idéal" by Frédéric Beigbeder and "Polina" by Angelin Preljocaj and Valérie Müller.- Cezary Zak is a Polish actor who graduated from the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Wroclaw in 1985. He made his theater debut in 1986 in the play "Panna Tutli Putli" at the Wroclaw Contemporary. He is best known for his roles in the series Miodowe lata (1998), Ranczo (2006), and Ludzie Chudego (2010). Since 2012, Zak has also been involved in directing theater productions. His works include "Trzeba zabic starsza pania", "Zlodziej", "Truciciel", "Serca na odwyku" and more.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Krzysztof Dracz was born on 20 September 1961 in Brzeg Dolny, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The Witcher (2007), Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011) and Hotel Lux (2011).- Martin Trettau was born on 12 January 1930 in Brieg, Silesia, Germany [now Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Besuch bei Van Gogh (1985), Jörg Ratgeb - Maler (1978) and Pelle der Eroberer (1986). He died on 1 August 2007 in Berlin, Germany.
- Marta Jarczewska was born on 22 November 1990 in Brzeg Dolny, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Television Theater (1953), Komisarz Alex (2012) and Orleta. Grodno '39 (2022).
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Emilia Komarnicka was born on 24 June 1985 in Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland. She is an actress and producer, known for Television Theater (1953), Okupacja (2011) and 80 Millions (2011). She has been married to Redbad Klynstra since 2017. They have one child.- Jacek Jezierzanski was born on 19 August 1950 in Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Zycie na goraco (1979), Screen One (1985) and Bramwell (1995).
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dagmar Damek was born on 14 April 1944 in Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland. She is a director and writer, known for Herbstzeitlosen (1975), Priester (1987) and Puzzlespiele (1970).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tadeusz Drozda was born on 3 April 1949 in Brzeg Dolny, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Taxing Love (2018), Hotel Pacific (1975) and Komedianci z wczorajszej ulicy (1987).- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Max Obal was born on 4 September 1881 in Brieg, Silesia, Germany [now Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Das Rattenloch (1921), Sein Rekordflug (1914) and Der größte Gauner des Jahrhunderts (1928). He died on 18 May 1949 in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.- Wolfram Mucha was born on 10 December 1941 in Brieg, Silesia, Germany [now Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Die Melchiors (1972) and Think Positive! (1999). He was married to Karin Di Carlo-Mucha. He died on 23 August 2019 in Epidaurus, Greece.
- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Mateusz Glowacki was born on 4 February 1982 in Brzeg Dolny, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. Mateusz is a writer and director, known for Survey About Men (2014), Killing Auntie (2013) and Masz ci los! (2023).- Leopold Gadiel was born on 8 January 1857 in Brzeg, Poland. He was an actor, known for Suchomlinow (1918), Master of the World (1914) and Die das Glück narrt (1913). He died on 13 November 1943 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
One of the most respected and admired artists of his generation, Kurt Masur is a regular guest conductor with the foremost orchestras of North America and Europe.
Born in Brieg (Silesia) in 1927, Kurt Masur studied piano, composition and conducting at the Leipzig Conservatory. In 1955, he had his first important engagement conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1970 to 1996, he was Music Director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, a post occupied in the past by such prestigious personalities as F Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Nikisch, Wilhem Furtwängler and Bruno Walter. When he resigned his functions in 1996, the Gewandhaus Orchestra awarded him, for the first time of its history, the honorary title of Conductor Emeritus. In 1989, the key role he played in the pacifist demonstrations that led to the reunification of Germany brought him worldwide attention.
His close and intensive collaboration with the New-York Philharmonic Orchestra, whose Music Director he was from 1991 to 2002, was remarkable for its constant high standards of quality. Under his direction the New-York Philharmonic successfully launched many new initiatives, including the restoration of nationwide radio broadcasts of its concerts in the USA, and the creation of its own CD label, whose releases have won many awards. At the end of his period of service, Kurt Masur was the first music director in the orchestra's history to receive the title of Music Director Emeritus. In September 2000, he also took on the post of Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In September 2002, Masur became Director of the Orchestre National de France. Among the notable events of his first season were the complete symphonies of Beethoven, the French premiere of Wynton Marsalis's All Rise with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, a Mendelssohn cycle, and two foreign tours, first to Hong Kong for 3 concerts in the International Arts Festival, and then to central and northern Europe.
Among the many honors he has received are the Gold Medal for Music of the National Arts Club (1996), the grade of Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur from the French government, the title of Cultural Ambassador for New-York City (1997), and the Starry Cross of the Order of Merit of the German Federal Republic (2002). Since 1992 he has been Honorary Guest Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He has taught at the Leipzig Academy of Music since 1975. Kurt Masur has made more than a hundred recordings with many orchestra. In 1998 he celebrated fifty years as a professional conductor.- Krzysztof Zurek was born on 8 February 1972 in Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Pierwsza milosc (2004), Fala zbrodni (2003) and Biuro kryminalne (2005). He died on 20 June 2022.
- Soundtrack
Kamil Bednarek was born on 10 May 1991 in Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Marek Lechki was born on 9 July 1975 in Brzeg Dolny, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. Marek is a director and assistant director, known for Erratum (2010), Moje miasto (2002) and Interior (2019).- Zuzanna Zazulin was born on 15 March 1989 in Brzeg, Opolskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Plunder (2015), Komisarz Alex (2012) and True Law (2012).