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)
Warsaw, Occupied Poland
OccupationFilm actor
Stage actor
Years active1902-1939 (film)
RelativesJaga Juno (wife)

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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