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Vladek Sheybal is a Actor and Assistant Director Polonais born on 12 march 1923 at Zgierz (Pologne)
Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Z. Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) was a Polish character actor and director of both television and stage productions. He was well known for his portrayal of the chess grandmaster Kronsteen in the James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963), a role for which he had been personally recommended by his friend Sean Connery, and Otto Leipzig in Smiley's People (1982).
He became a naturalised British citizen, but remained "fiercely proud of his homeland and its culture."
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Birth name Władysław Rudolf Z. Sheybal
Nationality Pologne
Birth 12 march 1923 at Zgierz (Pologne)
Death 16 october 1992 (at 69 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality Pologne
Birth 12 march 1923 at Zgierz (Pologne)
Death 16 october 1992 (at 69 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Z. Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) was a Polish character actor and director of both television and stage productions. He was well known for his portrayal of the chess grandmaster Kronsteen in the James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963), a role for which he had been personally recommended by his friend Sean Connery, and Otto Leipzig in Smiley's People (1982).
He became a naturalised British citizen, but remained "fiercely proud of his homeland and its culture."
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Il est principalement connu pour avoir joué dans le James Bond : Bons baisers de Russie, le rôle de Kronsteen.Usually with
Filmography of Vladek Sheybal (37 films)
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, 1h35Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors William Katt, Norman Wisdom, Bernard Hill, Gemma Craven, Simon Ward, Chloë Annett
Roles Pawnbroker
Rating42%
Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten (Wisdom) masterminds heists for a criminal syndicate he belongs to. But after witnessing the brutal methods of persuasion being meted out by gang leader, Ignatius Smith (Hill) Clutten decides to quit. But he realises the gang would sooner see him killed than quitting. After stealing some documents incriminating Smith and his boss, Edward Ross (Ward), Clutten then puts his family in hiding and goes on the run...but his daughter (Annett) has been kidnapped by the gang and a hitman (Katt) has been hired and is close to finding Clutten.
Strike It Rich (1990)
, 1h27Directed by James Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Robert Lindsay, Molly Ringwald, John Gielgud, Max Wall, Richenda Carey, Marius Goring
Roles Kinksi
Rating48%
The story is set in the 1950s. A young American woman living in London, Cary Porter (played by Ringwald), recently started working at a large multinational firm where she meets accountant Ian Bertram (played by Lindsay). He falls head over heels in love with her and soon proposes. The head of the company, Herbert Dreuther (played by Gielgud), offers them a wedding and to pay for a honeymoon in Monte Carlo, as well as the use of his yacht.
Red Dawn (1984)
, 1h54Directed by John Milius
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Arme nucléaire, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Bratchenko
Rating62%
An introductory text explains how the United States has gradually become strategically isolated after several European nations (except the United Kingdom) withdraw from NATO. At the same time, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact partners aggressively expand their sphere of influence. In addition, the Ukrainian wheat harvest fails while a Communist coup d'etat occurs in Mexico.
Where Is Parsifal? (1984)
Directed by Henri Helman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Tony Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Erik Estrada, Orson Welles, Peter Lawford, Ron Moody
Roles Morjack
Rating48%
Parsifal Katzenellenbogen (Tony Curtis) is an eccentric hypochondriac who has invented a laser skywriter. Parsifal invites businessmen to his castle in the hopes of selling his invention. Potential buyers include gangster Henry Board II (Erik Estrada) accompanied by has-been movie star Montague Chippendale (Peter Lawford), Scotsman Mackintosh (Donald Pleasence), and gypsy Klingsor (Orson Welles).
Memed My Hawk (1984)
Directed by Peter Ustinov
Genres Drama
Actors Peter Ustinov, Herbert Lom, Michael Elphick, Rosalie Crutchley, Relja Bašić, Simon Dutton
Rating64%
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor.
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
, 1h31Directed by Terence Young, Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George, Robert Powell, Charles Gray, Michael Medwin
Roles Gen. Zorin
Rating51%
Sir Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays MI6 and the KGB off against each other.
Fire and Sword (1982)
Genres Adventure, Romance
Actors Christoph Waltz, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, Kurt Raab, Vladek Sheybal
Roles Andret
Rating57%
, 6hDirected by Simon Langton
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Alec Guinness, Michael Byrne, Bill Paterson, Anthony Bate, Bernard Hepton, Eileen Atkins
Rating84%
The series Smiley’s People closely follows the plot of the original novel. It tells the story of George Smiley, called out of retirement when one of his former assets/contacts, an émigré general, is found murdered. In tidying up loose ends for the "Circus", his former employers, he finds Vladimir had uncovered a clandestine operation run by his nemesis, Karla, for his own personal benefit. Smiley is able to use this irregularity against Karla, forcing him to defect to the West.
The Apple (1980)
, 1h26Directed by Menahem Golan
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Catherine Mary Stewart, Joss Ackland, Vladek Sheybal, Ray Shell, Miriam Margolyes, Derek Deadman
Roles Boogalow
Rating43%
Alphie (George Gilmour) and Bibi (Catherine Mary Stewart), two youths from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in Canada, travel to America to take part in the 1994 Worldvision Song Festival. Despite being the most talented performers, they are beaten by BIM (Boogalow International Music) and its leader, Mr. Boogalow (Vladek Sheybal), who use underhanded tactics to secure a victory. The duo are approached by Mr. Boogalow to sign to his music label, but they soon discover the darker side of the music industry. Bibi is caught up in the wild lifestyle BIM offers, while Alphie risks his life to free her from the company's evil clutches. He eventually convinces her to run away with him and the pair live as hippies for a year (and produce a child) before being tracked down by Mr. Boogalow who insists Bibi owes him ten million dollars. Alphie and Bibi are saved by the Rapture, and all good souls are taken away by Mr. Topps (aka God).
Shōgun (miniseries) (1980)
, 9h7Directed by Jerry London
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yōko Shimada, Damien Thomas, John Rhys-Davies, Michael Hordern
Roles Captain Ferreira
Rating81%
After his Dutch trading ship Erasmus and its surviving crew is blown ashore by a violent storm at Injiro on the east coast of Japan, Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, the ship's English navigator, is taken prisoner by samurai warriors. When he is later temporarily released, he must juggle his self-identity as an Englishman associated with other Europeans in Japan, namely Portuguese traders and Jesuit priests, with the alien Japanese culture into which he has been thrust and now must adapt to in order to survive. Being an Englishman, Blackthorne is at both religious and political odds with his enemy, the Portuguese, and the Catholic Church's Jesuit order. The Catholic foothold in Japan puts Blackthorne, a Protestant and therefore a heretic, at a political disadvantage. But this same situation also brings him to the attention of the influential Lord Toranaga, who mistrusts this foreign religion now spreading in Japan. He is competing with other samurai warlords of similar high-born rank, among them Catholic converts, for the very powerful position of Shōgun, the military governor of Japan.
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
, 1h35Directed by Anthony Page
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian Carmichael
Roles Trainmaster
Rating60%
In August 1939, a motley group of travellers find themselves in a small hotel in Bavaria, awaiting a delayed train to Switzerland. They include a "much married madcap American heiress", Amanda Metcalf-Midvani-Von Hoffsteader-Kelly, and Robert Condon, a wise-cracking American photographer.
Avalanche Express (1979)
, 1h28Directed by Monte Hellman, Mark Robson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell, Horst Buchholz, Mike Connors
Roles Zannbin
Rating49%
Russian general Marenkov (Robert Shaw) decides to defect to the West, and CIA agent Harry Wargrave (Lee Marvin) leads the team that is to get him out. Wargrave decides that Marenkov should travel across Europe by train, on the fictional "Avalanche Express". The idea is to lure the Russians into attacking the train, and thus discover who their secret agents in Europe are. Consequently, during the train journey they must survive both a terrorist attack and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin (Maximilian Schell).
Gulliver's Travels (1977)
, 1h17Directed by Peter Hunt
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Richard Harris, Catherine Schell, Norman Shelley, Rod Taylor, Meredith Edwards, Michael Bates
Roles (voice)
Rating54%
Malgré une brillante carrière de chirurgien qui l'attend, Gulliver décide d'écouter son cœur et quitte sa famille et l'Angleterre, pour sillonner les mers à la découverte d'autres cultures. Durant son voyage, son navire est emporté par une terrible tempête. Seul rescapé, il échoue sur la plage d'une île habitée par un petit peuple aux grandes ambitions...
The Sell Out (1976)
, 1h28Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin Israel
Genres Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker, Assi Dayan (אסי דיין), Vladek Sheybal
Roles Dutchman
Rating49%
The CIA, the KGB and the Mossad scheme to eliminate Gabriel Lee, a former CIA agent who defected to the Soviet Bloc but left Eastern Europe to travel to Israel. He seeks his old mentor Sam Lucas for help. Lucas is now running an antiquities store in Jerusalem with his mistress Deborah who was Gabriel's former lover.
House of Pleasure for Women (1976)
, 1h40Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Gigi Proietti, Al Lettieri, Christian De Sica, Gianni Cavina, Taryn Power, Vincent Gardenia
Roles Francesco
Rating54%
Sous l'impulsion d'Henry Kissinger, une multinationale américaine décide d'ouvrir à Milan un bordel pour les femmes en quête d'amour et envoie sur place l'un des parrains du sex-business de New York, Eddie Mordace. Ce dernier embauche successivement Simbad, un gigolo, Adonis, un boxeur raté, Ugolin, un aristocrate qui apprend les bonnes manières à ses collègues, et Ivanoe, un violeur tout juste libéré de prison.