Jan Izydor Rybkowski (4 April 1912 – 29 December 1987) was a Polish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He directed 30 films between 1949 and 1984. His 1961 film ''

Tonight a City Will Die ''Tonight a City Will Die'' ( pl, Dziś w nocy umrze miasto) is a 1961 Polish drama film directed by Jan Rybkowski. It was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where Boguslaw Lambach won the Silver Prize for Director of Photog ...

'' was entered into the

2nd Moscow International Film Festival The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film ''The Naked Island'' directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film '' Clear Skies'' directed by Grigori Chukhrai. Jur ...

. Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the

3rd Moscow International Film Festival The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film ''8½'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury) * Shaken Ajmanov (USSR) * S ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Warsaw Premiere ''Warsaw Premiere'' (Polish:''Warszawska premiera'') is a 1951 Polish historical film directed by Jan Rybkowski and starring Jan Koecher, Barbara Kostrzewska and Jerzy Duszyński. The film's art direction was by Roman Mann. The film portrays the ...

'' (1951) * ''Nikodem Dyzma'' (1956) * ''Kapelusz pana Anatola'' (1957) * ''Pan Anatol szuka miliona'' (1958) * ''Inspekcja pana Anatola'' (1959) * ''

'' (1961) * ''

Spotkanie w "Bajce" ''Spotkanie w "Bajce"'' (Café From The Past) is a 1962 Polish psychological drama film directed by Jan Rybkowski. Also known as ''Meeting in the Fable'', it was produced by Film Polski, and starred Aleksandra Śląska, Gustaw Holoubek, Andrzej Ł ...

'' aka ''Meeting in the Fable'' (1962) * ''Chłopi'' (TV series) (1972) * ''

The Peasants ''The Peasants'' ( pl, Chłopi) is a novel written by the Polish author Władysław Reymont in four parts between 1904 and 1909. He started writing it in 1897, but because of a railway accident and health problems, it took seven years to complete ...

'' (1973) * ''

Gniazdo ''Gniazdo'' (English: ''The Nest'') is a 1974 Polish historical film about Mieszko I, the founder of the first independent Polish state, circa 960 AD. The film was written by Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski and directed by Jan Rybkowski. Cast and ...

'' (1974) * ''Rodzina Połanieckich'' (TV series) (1978) * ''Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy'' (TV series) (1980)

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* 1912 births 1987 deaths Polish film directors People from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 20th-century Polish screenwriters Male screenwriters 20th-century Polish male writers {{Poland-film-director-stub