Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski (26 November 1880 – 5 July 1943) was a Polish stage and film actor. He was a legendary figure in Polish cinema who had appeared in the earliest Polish films in 1902. Junosza-Stępowski was killed while trying to protect his wife from members of the Polish Home Army, who had discovered she was an informer for the Gestapo.[1]
Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski | |
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.jpg) Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski | |
| Born | 26 November 1880 |
| Died | 5 July 1943 (aged 62) |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor Stage actor |
| Years active | 1902–1939 (film) |
| Relatives | Jaga Juno (wife) |
He was married twice. His first wife was Helena Jankowska (d. 1915). In 1922 he married Iza Galewska.
Selected filmography edit
- Uwiedziona (1931)
- Córka generała Pankratowa (1934)
- Młody las (1934)
- Kochaj tylko mnie (1935)
- Pan Twardowski (1936)
- Bohaterowie Sybiru (1936)
- Róża (1936)
- Trędowata (1936)
- Wierna rzeka (1936)
- Znachor (1937)
- Profesor Wilczur (1938)
- Kobiety nad przepaścią (1938)
- Wrzos (1935)
- Ostatnia brygada (1938)
- Second Youth (1938)
- Rena (1938)
- Florian (1938)
- Sygnaly (1938)
- Doktór Murek (1939)
References edit
- ^ Haltof p.11
Bibliography edit
- Haltof, Marek. Polish Film and the Holocaust: Politics and Memory. Berghahn Books, 2012.
- Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896–1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.
External links edit
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