Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski

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
Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski
Born(1880-11-26)26 November 1880
Died5 July 1943(1943-07-05) (aged 62)
Cause of deathExecution by shooting
Occupation(s)Film actor
Stage actor
Years active1902–1939 (film)
RelativesJaga Juno (wife)

He was married twice. His first wife was Helena Jankowska (d. 1915). In 1922 he married Iza Galewska.

Selected filmography

References

  1. Haltof p.11

Bibliography

  • 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.
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