Gustaw Holoubek Polish actor and theater worker Date of Birth: 21.04.1923 Country: Poland

Biography of Gustaw Holoubek

Gustaw Holoubek, a prominent Polish actor and theater figure, was born in Krakow in 1923. He completed his education at the local Novodvorsky Gymnasium. In 1939, he participated in the September Campaign in the Przysposobienia Wojskowego units. He was captured by the Germans and held in a prisoner of war camp in Altengrabow and later in Torun. In 1940, after being liberated, he returned to Krakow and worked at the city gas station. During the occupation, he was a member of a clandestine theater group.

In 1945, he passed the exams for the Krakow Drama Studio at the Juliusz Slowacki Theater, founded by Karol Fric, which he completed in 1947. From 1963 onwards, he was an actor at the National Theater. In 1967, he played the legendary role of Gustav-Konrad in the production "DZIADY" by Mickiewicz. After the play was banned, he left the National Theater along with other actors.

Holoubek's father was Czech, and his mother was Polish. He volunteered to participate in the September Campaign, but was captured and imprisoned in Magdeburg and Torun. He made his theater debut in 1947 and his film debut in 1953, portraying Felix Dzerzhinsky in the film "Soldier of Victory." He appeared in around 50 films, including "The Saragossa Manuscript," "Marysia and Napoleon," "Black Earth Salt," "With Fire and Sword," and the television film "The Master and Margarita" as Woland.

In 1967, he played the role of Gustav-Konrad in the play "Dziady" by K. Dejmek, which was banned in 1968 and became the cause of the student protests in March 1968. He was elected to the Sejm in 1976 and 1980. In 1982, after the introduction of martial law, he resigned from his position. In 1989, he was elected to the Senate in the first free elections since 1945.

Throughout his career, Holoubek appeared in over 50 films, including several that were released in the Soviet Union such as "The Story of a Golden Boot" (1961), "Gangsters and Philanthropists" (1963), "The Saragossa Manuscript" (1965), "Marysia and Napoleon" (1966), "Goya, or The Hard Way of Knowledge" (1971), and "With Fire and Sword" (1999).

Some of his other notable film credits include "The Blue Cross" (1955), "The Noose" (1958), "The Common Room" (1959), "Meetings in Bayka" (1962), "Salto" (1965), "The Fatalist" (1967), "The Game" (1968), "The Black Earth Salt" (1969), "So Far, So Close" (1972), "Sanatorium Under the Hourglass" (1973), "The Hospital of Transfiguration" (1978), "The Room with a Sea View" (1978), "The Tin Drum" (1979), "The Boring Story" (1982), "The Balthazar Kober's Short Journey" (1988), and "With Fire and Sword" (1999).