Jastrzębski: A Memoir of Richard Filipski

Four years ago, Richard Filipski died. In my opinion, the top actor of the period of People's Poland. An artist whose talent due to expressive pro-Polish views was not decently utilized in the III Polish Republic.

Ryszard Filipski was a lion. And that lionhood was deep inside him. He was an actor of his set-up theatre eref-66. In the late 1970s, he besides held administrative functions: first as the manager of the People's Theatre in Nowa Huta (1975–1979), then as the manager of the movie Teams “Kraków” (1980–1981) and “Illusion” (1982–1987).

Ryszard Filipski's theatrical achievements consist primarily of roles from the theatre of eref-66. The theatre operated from 1966 to 1981, giving about 6,000 performances. The most celebrated was the monodram telling the fact about the German business “I and My Brother” Ryszard Filipski made his debut in 1957, the function of Valorin in Marcel Aymé’s “their heads” directed by George Antczak. I recalled with any jealousy Bohdan Poręba – Filipski considered Antczak to be the most outstanding theatre director.

As a movie actor most associated with the movie function of Major Henryk Dobrzański, in the movie mentioned Bohdana Poręba ‘Hubal’ (1973). besides – a gloomy soroca watchman, a side Kmicic from the Flood (1974) directed by Jerzy Hoffman. Due to physical conditions, for a period of time the toughness of the Polish sensational cinema of the turn of the 1960s and 1970s: the fierce captain of the MO in "Only Dead Answers" (1969, dir. Sylwester Chęciński), a counterintelligence agent from "Brylants of Mrs. Zuzy" (1971, dir. Paweł Komorowski), or the demobilized veteran of the war in the Polish western "Souther Zero" (1970, dir. Waldemar Podgórski). The movie work of Richard Filipski's life remains a monumental image of "The Wave of State" (1980), which he directed and in which he played the main role, Marshal Józef Piłsudski. Slavic believers attacked the work accusing us of deficiency of objectivity and slandering Pilsudski.

His talent was valued by the people of the film. manager Sylvester Chęciński He recalls his work with Ryszard Filipski during the movie “Only the Dead Answers” in Angola on 22.XII. 2019.

“I was fortunate due to the fact that I cast Richard Filipski in the lead role, who proved to be sensational, the only 1 for that role. He made it very rich, he made it very credible... He's melted to a militia figure. It's special. In this movie I had many acting individualities, many excellent Wrocław actors played in it at that time, but the biggest individuality on the set and in this movie was Filipski. I was delighted with his face. His moves. That's his understatement in behavior. It was perfect. It charmed me with his zero on his face: that even if he does not play body, his eyes talk a lot. That he's an unobvious actor, that he won't play the part like any another actor. Besides, all conversation with him on the set, his interpretive objections, his proposals, were amazing to me, interesting, due to the fact that unusual. He had everything his hero had – Captain Wójcik. all day, I knew I had the right choice, I had the right place. I fought him to grin at 1 point. For even a shadow of grin to make – it cannot. due to the fact that Philipski put it on, and he kept it that his hero had no right to smile. He threw a grin out of his mouth. This could have threatened monotony – fortunately it was not monotonous. He was constantly amazing and interesting to the viewer. It's truly cool erstwhile an actor doesn't put all his coffee on the table. Filipski in my movie plays neither bad nor good”

In turn, he was reluctant Hanna Krall She wrote: “I proposed [Krzysztof Kieślowski] that Richard Filipski play the secretary. He was a terrible man, but a large actor. Kieślowski did not like Philipski, he hated his views, and he was afraid that Philipski would be sympathetic to the viewer by the power of his talent and become in the movie a kind of lonely sheriff, besieged by a hostile crowd.

One of the unquestionable supporters of the game by Ryszard Filipski Boguslaw Linda. What he recalls in an interview with Magda Umer in an interview-word "Bad Boy" – "Then I realized that what annoys me so much in Polish films is the fact that nobody plays there normally, but they play as if they were inactive playing for the seventh row! So this is theatre play. The only 1 who did not do so was Ryszard Filipski. Wonderful, unused actor”

Ryszard Filipski joined the Polish United Workers' organization in the 1960s.. He was in this organization due to the fact that he believed it was the only way to influence the reality around us. He did not have any functions within it. He co-authored the alleged Letter 2000 – a public address addressed to KC PZPR in 1976 He wrote it together with Ryszard Gontar – they demanded a moral renewal in the ranks of the PZPR, in which there are many enemies of the system. The letter exposed the NRA as an antisocial and anti-Polish organization.

"Since the imperialist centres proclaimed the doctrine of softening socialism, culture has become a peculiarly crucial field of ideological confrontation. Hence, the increase in the beginning of hostile activities of dissident groups specified as KSS KOR or ROPCiO, hence the intensification, especially in fresh years, of hidden activities, which exploit legal possibilities for the establishment of socialism from within, inter alia, by limiting, inhibiting, disincentivising the socialist current in national culture"

Contrary to the widely repeated misstatement, he was never a associate of the Patriotic Union “Grunwald”, which was led by Bohdan Poręba. In fact, their relationship was harsh and suspended respective times, as the manager of the Resurrection said. Prior to the 1993 parliamentary election, he began working with the organization Andrzej Lepper A self-defense alliance. He worked there with a legendary airman. Stanisław Skalski, National Army guerrilla Antoni Heda, organizer of aid for the Warsaw ghetto from the AK Tadeusz Bednarczyk, National organization activist, NSZ soldier Władysław Wójcik, author Bożena Skrzybłockaa union activist Rajmund Maurice whether a writer and an anti-polonism whistleblower Richard Gontar. Of course, there was besides Bohdan Poręba.

In 1999 editor Konrad Hand he interviewed Ryszard Filipski, who was published in “Polish Thought”. In an interview, Filipski referred to accusations of "salons" for alleged anti-Semitism. Among another things, he said: “The envelope of anti-Semitism around me came from the performance “Me and My Brother”. At that time, those who had not seen it were shouting; he spoke about the martyrdom of the Jews, emphasized with respect and deep knowing the tragedy of the exterminated nation and showed in appropriate light the activities of the judaic Gestapo, the judaic police, the alleged Thirteen Gancwajch. This text was based on verified documents, the same ones utilized by Minister Władysław Bartoszewski erstwhile he and Zofia Lewinówna wrote the book “This is from my homeland.” I've never heard Bartoszewski be accused of anti-Semitism... seemingly the right people are appointed to tell the truth, otherwise I can't explain this attack.”

Ryszard Filipski had difficulty uncovering himself in the 3rd Poland. The Styrofoam pseudo-elites and the light liberals from the PZPR disgusted Filipski. In this interview, “Polish Thoughts” He wrote: “I left, I gave my own judgment, I have no regrets. Today's reality is described by creators of mediocre talents. They have old-new layouts, so they cut proven authorities, due to the fact that they could not shine against them." He repeatedly rejected various business and political proposals. He ran a horse farm. He wrote crucial novels about the passing of "Mzehomo".

He returned to acting in 2003, in the TVP series "Missing" (2003). The same year it was “Old Fairy Tale. erstwhile the sun was a god" (2003) Later, Pitbull (2005) and Rysa (2008). He powerfully promoted a several-sectional movie containing talks by his wife Lusi Ogińska with an outstanding philosopher father Prof. Mieczysław Krąpce "At the origin of Truth", which is available on net tv Polonia. During this period he was closely associated with the Catholic Church. During this period he was powerfully supported by his colleague Bogdan Kulas.

Ryszard Filipski died at the age of 87 in 2021. According to his will, he was quietly buried in Zukko close Grodzisk Mazowiecki. On the grave there is simply a cross with the inscription: “Love for the Homeland is always unrequited”. It's a good place, far from annoying and unspiritual McPolski. Mariusz Swider, who lives nearby.

Łukasz Jastrzębski