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name: "Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aleksander-scibor-rylski"
fi1m_id: "aleksander-scibor-rylski"
imdb_id: "nm0778448"
tmdb_id: 2814
wikidata_id: "Q581748"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 March 1928"
died: "3 April 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T00:45:10.136095+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

## Identity

Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aleksander-scibor-rylski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aleksander-scibor-rylski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0778448
- **TMDB ID:** 2814
- **Wikidata ID:** Q581748
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_%C5%9Acibor-Rylski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778448/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2814

Writer. Born 16 March 1928 in Grudziądz, Poland. Died 3 April 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 March 1928, Grudziądz, Poland
- **Died:** 3 April 1983
- **Active:** 1977–1981
- **Also known as:** Александр Сцибор-Рыльский
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://film.one/person/andrzej-wajda.md), [Jerzy Radziwiłowicz](https://film.one/person/jerzy-radziwiowicz.md), [Krystyna Janda](https://film.one/person/krystyna-janda.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_%C5%9Acibor-Rylski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0778448/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2814

## Biography

Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski (also credited as Александр Сцибор-Рыльский) was a Polish screenwriter, film director and writer. He was born on 16 March 1928 in Grudziądz and died on 3 April 1983 in Warsaw.

He studied Polish literature at the University of Warsaw and began publishing poetry in 1946 and prose in 1950. From 1951 he worked extensively in film, writing more than 25 screenplays. He is best known for his scripts for Andrzej Wajda’s *Man of Marble* (1977) and *Man of Iron* (1981), and also wrote the dialogue for *In Desert and Wilderness* (1973) and the screenplay for the television series *Lalka* (1977). He directed several features in the 1960s.

Ścibor-Rylski served in the Gray Ranks and the Home Army during the Second World War and took part in the Warsaw Uprising. He held editorial and artistic roles at film units including “Rytm” and “Pryzmat”.

*Sources: pl.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Man of Iron* (1981), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-iron.md)
- *Man of Marble* (1977), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-marble.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Ring with a Crowned Eagle* (1993), Novel
- *Man of Iron* (1981), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-iron.md)
- *Man of Marble* (1977), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-marble.md)
- *Dagny* (1977), Writer
- *Krótkie życie* (1976), as Dramaturgy
- *The Nest* (1974), Screenplay
- *In Desert and Wilderness* (1973), Dialogue
- *Z tamtej strony tęczy* (1973), Dialogue
- *Seksolatki* (1972), Screenplay
- *Agent #1* (1972), Screenplay
- *Leprosy* (1971), Screenplay
- *Złote koło* (1971), Screenplay
- *Południk zero* (1971), Screenplay
- *The Neighbours* (1969), Screenplay, Director
- *Wolves' Echoes* (1968), Director, Screenplay
- *The Killer Leaves a Trace* (1967), Director, Screenplay
- *Tomorrow Mexico* (1966), Director, Screenplay
- *The Ashes* (1965), Screenplay
- *Late Afternoon* (1965), Screenplay, Director
- *Their Everyday Life* (1963), Screenplay, Director
- *Czarne skrzydła* (1963), Screenplay
- *The Impossible Goodbye* (1962), Screenplay
- *Komedianty* (1962), Screenplay, Dialogue
- *The Touch of the Night* (1962), First Assistant Director, Screenplay
- *Rok pierwszy* (1960), Novel, Screenplay
- *Ostatni strzał* (1959), Screenplay
- *Pills for Aurelia* (1958), Screenplay
- *Land* (1957), Screenplay
- *Shadow* (1956), Screenplay, Short Story

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1975: Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (won)
- Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1964: Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta (won)
- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1955: Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (won)
- Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland 1955: Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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