
Igo Sym
Acting
Biography
Polish actor, Nazi collaborator and Gestapo agent.
Born: July 3, 1896
Place of Birth: Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Known For

I Marry My Husband

Dyplomatyczna żona
The director of the Warsaw operetta has problems with putting together a team. He cares very much about acquiring the star of the stage - Jadwiga Janowska. However, she is currently in Paris with her husband, diplomat Henryk de Fontana. It turns out that Ambassador Rossi falls in love with her. Jadwiga goes to Warsaw, where in her apartment her friend Apolonia trains a young adept Wanda to play on stage.

Cafe Electric
The daughter of a wealthy industrialist falls for a pickpocket.

Serenade
The violin virtuoso Ferdinand Lohner is lonely and depressed after the death of his wife. But then he gets to know the much younger Irene and forgets all about his dead wife, marrying the young tart soon after. Irene moves into the house in the mountains, where Ferdinand, his son Heinz and his former mother-in-law Mrs. Leuthoff live. The bitter Mrs. Leuthoff makes life difficult for Irene, since she had no way of preventing Ferdinand from re-marrying after her daughter bit the dust. When Ferdinand conveniently goes out on tour once again, Irene has to sit at home with the bitter woman. One day, Irene’s cousin Gustl comes on a visit and Mrs. Leuthoff takes the opportunity to “accidentally” let slip to Ferdinand, that his current wife is a whore. As if living with your current mother-in-law isn’t enough to deal with!

Adieu Mascotte
Based on a story by Michel Linsky, "Adieu, Mascotte" revolves around an artist's model named Mascotte (Harvey) who ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence in the Parisian art colony. In dire need of money to finance a friend's operation, Mascotte auctions herself off at an artist's ball. She is "bought" by a novelist named Jean (Igo Sym), who merely wants to teach his flirtatious wife a lesson. Discreetly keeping his distance, Jean persuades Mascotte to pose as his mistress so that his wife will become jealous and return to his arms. Of course, things don't go as planned.

Spy
A spy film about Professor Skalski's invention - rays that could stop engines, thus avoiding wars - which becomes the focus of foreign intelligence. In order to take over the discovery, a secret agent is sent to reach the invention via the professor's son.

The Golden Mask
Magda, the butcher's daughter, against the wishes of her father becomes an actress in the theater "Golden Mask". Kicked out of the house she meets Count Xavier Runickie and soon they get married. Unfortunately, the marriage did not bring her happiness...

The Volga Girl
A love story between a simple peasant girl (Holt) and a dashing young officer (Sym), who however doesn't see more in her than a temporary affair.

The Right to Love
With a script co-written by Weimar-era sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld, this enlightened drama deals with WWI soldiers who have become impotent due to wounds but still want to marry.

Kochanka Szamoty
Based on an erotic short story, the film tells the story of a boy who meets a beautiful lover. It turns out that the mysterious girl is the ghost of a woman who died two years ago.
Filmography
as Kunicki
as Architect Raszewski
as Ferdinand Lohner - 1st Violin
as Tenor
as Head of Intelligence
as Marchese della Serra
as Willy Carter
as Freddy Donndorf
as Wladimir Trojanowski, Leutnant d. Res.
as Kapitän Barrymore
as Pepi
as Rainer
as Ingenieur von Berndorf
as Dr. Gustav Müller
as Jean Dardier
as Erzherzog Johann
as Erwin Oven
as Max Stöger - ein Ingenieur
as Jerzy Szamota
as Freiherr Christian von B.