VLADEK SHEYBAL Online

On this page it is hoped to house the full and complete works on film of "The Master" - Vladek Sheybal - from the start of his career in Poland in 1956 in his first film: Andrzej Wajda's Kanal to his final film: Double X: The Name of the Game in 1992. In his truly exceptional international career, Vladek Sheybal played a variety of characters and not always in the villanous role. Many of his characters were villains of course, but who can forget Mr Boogalow [left] from The Apple (1980), and [below] as Michal the Composer from Kanal (1956) - main picture used with kind permission of Lesley Richardson.

Year	Film Title	Character	Made in

1956	Kanal	Michal, The Composer	Poland
	Trzy kobiety (Three Women)*	Gestapo Officer	Poland
1959	Man of Rope	Prisoner []	England
1963	From Russia with Love	Kronsteen	England
1965	Return from the Ashes ø	Paul - Chess Hall Manager	England
	The Debussy Film	Director & Pierre Louis	England
1967	Fearless Vampire Killers	Provided Voice Only	England/USA
	Billion Dollar Brain	Dr Eiwort	England
	Casino Royale	Le Chiffre's Representative	England
1968	Deadfall	Dr Delgado	England/Spain
	The Limbo Line	Oleg	England
	To Grab the Ring **	Mijnheer Smith	Holland []
	Mosquito Squadron	Lt Schack	England
1969	Doppelganger	Dr Beauville	England
	Leo the Last	Laszlo	England
	Women in Love	Loerke	England
1970	The Last Valley	Matthias	England
	Puppet on a Chain	Meegeren	England
1971	The Boyfriend	Cecil B. de Thrill	England
	Pilatus und Andere	Kaiphas	West Germany
	The Spy's Wife	Vladek	England
1972	Innocent Bystanders	Aaron Kaplan	England
	Scorpio	Zemetkin	USA
1974	Il Bacio	Hotel Porter	Italy []
	Gullivers Travels	Provided Voice Only	England
	S.P.Y.S.	Borisenko	England/USA
1975	Bordella ø	Francesco	Italy []
	The Sell Out	Dutchman	England/Israel
	The Wind & The Lion	Bashaw of Tangier	USA
1976	Hamlet	Player Queen/Lucianus/1st P	England
1977	The Excorcist II	Provided Voice Only	USA
1978	Avalanche Express	Zarubin	Ireland/USA
1979	The Lady Vanishes	The Trainmaster	England
1980	All about a Prima Ballerina	Marcus	England
	The Apple	Mr Boogalow	Germany
1982	Feuer und Schwert ø	Andret	Ireland/Germany
1983	The Jigsaw Man	General Zorin	England
	Where is Parsifal	Morjack the Magician	England
1984	Memed my Hawk	Lame Ali	Eng/Yugoslavia
	Red Dawn	General Bratchenko	USA
1986	The End	Provided Voice Only []	England
1988	Le Bateau Bar	Pierre	France
1990	After Midnight	Hotel Manager	Ireland
	Strike it Rich	Kinski	England/USA
1992	Double X: Name of the Game	The Pawnbroker	England

*      Thanks to Artur Patek.
**     Dutch Title is Enkele Reis Voor Alfred.
[]      Thanks to Rafal Dajbor.

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                                        Vignettes [Film]

Vladek is often credited with appearing in the films 'Funny Money' (1982) and
The Music Lovers' (1971) but he did not appear in either film.

Vladek was offered a role in the 1985 Polish movie 'Zygfryd' but did not
participate.*

In 1977, Vladek worked on the as yet unreleased Ken Russell Film 'Moll Flanders.'

In 1966 and 1972 respectively, Vladek played opposite real life actor brothers
Steve Forrest and Dana Andrews. In 'The Baron' (TV Series) Vladek played the character of Reiner in the episode 'And Suddenly You're Dead,' opposite Forrest's John Mannering. In 'Innocent Bystanders' Vladek played the character of Aaron Kaplan to Andrews' Blake.

As is notated elsewhere on this site, Vladek appeared in The Debussy Film, (a Monitor production for the BBC). There is an air date for the Midlands TV area only on 18/05/1965 - BBC1.[◙]

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                                                    Dubbing [Film]

                       Vladek's voice is dubbed in the following films:

Feuer und Schwert (Die Legende von Tristan und Isolde).
    English title is Fire and Sword.
      This film looks to be set in Medieval England, and everyone has an
      English accent.
Return from The Ashes
      Dubbed for unknown reasons.
Bordella
      This film has been shot on location in New York and apart from a shot
      towards the end of the film where a scene is played out in Rome, the
      actors are speaking English words as for the most part the cast are
      English speaking actors. The film has then been dubbed into Italian.
Pilatus und Andere
      Dubbed for unknown reasons.

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Notes:

In various documents, Vladek Sheybal
mentions his involvement in the following
productions, however these appearances
have yet to be confirmed:-

Smoking Mirror [1989] -
(Lead Role) dir. Celestino Coronado
Freitag [1989] - Germany
(Herr Gunter)
La Nuit [1992] - France
Z Cars [--] England
Le Baron de la Bastille [1992] - France
(Lead Role) dir. Frederick Tangy
Domenica [1991] -
(Il Conte Pignatelli) - dir. Pupi Avati
Current research suggests Mr Avati did
not make such a film

This information provided by
Artur Patek
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	From Russia with Love [1963] Kronsteen		© 1963 Danjaq LLC & United Artists Corporation
	The Limbo Line [1968] Oleg		© 1968 Intervision Video Limited
	Leo The Last [1970] Laszlo		© 1970 United Artists Corporation
	Puppet on a Chain [1970] Meegeren		© 1970 Big City Productions Ltd
	The Boyfriend [1971] De Thrill		© 1971 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc
	The Lady Vanishes [1979] Train Master		© 1979 Rank Film Organisation
	The Apple [1980] Boogalow		© 1980 Golan Globus Productions
	The Jigsaw Man [1984] General Zorin		© 1984 United Film Distribution Company
	Strike it Rich [1990] Kinski		© 1990 Millimeter Films

For more information on any of these films featuring Vladek Sheybal,
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	Vladek in a publicity postcard shot for The Apple ©1980 Golan Globus Productions

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