Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski.
Born: November 26, 1880
Place of Birth: Wenecja
Known For
The Quack
A renowned surgeon, abandoned by his wife and daughter, gets robbed and loses his memory. Wandering around the countryside, he becomes a village healer and performs operations.
Ada, Don't Do That!
Ada Dziewanowska, a spirited landowner’s daughter, is sent to a Kraków boarding school to be “tamed,” where she secretly appears in an operetta and unexpectedly falls in love with Fred Orzelski, ironically the very suitor her parents had long planned for her.
Profesor Wilczur
Profesor Wilczur is a 1938 Polish romantic drama film directed by Michał Waszyński. It is based on the novel by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz.
Florian
War is raging in Poland, and nothing is certain. The Germans are retreating, and Soviet troops are taking their place. In these turbulent times, feelings develop between Alfred Rupiejko and Bronka Wereszczyńska. The girl and her brothers hide the Florian bell from confiscation. The siblings are betrayed, but they decide not to give up without a fight.
Moi rodzice rozwodzą się
The Nałęczs have been heading toward divorce for a long time, and the only thing that connects them is their sixteen-year-old daughter, Stasia.
The Return of a Merry Fellow
First narrative polish film. The janitor sweeps the pavement in front of the tenement house. A carriage comes with a rather solidly inserted young man. He is well-dressed but has lost all his strength. Merry Fellow needs help.
Leper
Stefcia Rudecka starts working as a governess in an aristocratic house. Waldemar, the young heir, falls in love with her but his well-off family is not eager to accept the woman he loves.
Kłamstwo Krystyny
Living only with her elderly father, Krystyna runs the household and works as a modest clerk. However, her fate takes a turn. The girl gets a job at a company, and one of the clients, Jan Merlecki, wins her heart. Things quickly become complicated, though. An anonymous phone call to her beloved's parents, followed by their intervention to prevent the young couple from marrying, prompts Krystyna to make a dramatic decision.
U kresu drogi
Professor Turwid is conducting research on a vaccine to combat encephalitis. The medical community is skeptical about this. Suspecting his wife of having an affair with a younger colleague, Count Łański, he fakes his own death. The only person who knows his secret is his servant Feliks. Over the next few years, he passes on information about the situation of his wife and daughter. The professor knows that his suspicions were completely unfounded and that his wife devoted herself entirely to raising their child. After many years, he returns to Warsaw, where he starts working at a clinic and, together with Jerzy, his daughter's future fiancé, completes work on the serum. There is a chance to return to his family, but it may already be too late.
The Miracle at the Vistula
Eastern Borderlands, 1919. The Bolsheviks, taking part in the Polish-Russian war, appear at the Granowski manor house. It's a story based on the war of 1920, which ended with the Battle of Warsaw going down in history as the "Miracle on the Vistula". The film was commissioned by the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs and has survived only in fragments (just 53 minutes out of the 2-hour-long film).
Filmography
as Professor Jan Turwid
as Jazwicz, prezes
as Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski
as Józef Nałęcz
as Melchior Wereszczyński
as Prof. Rafal Wilczur
as Ludwik, mąż Ireny
as prezes
as Watchmaker Wolak, The head of a gang of human traffickers
as The Baron, head of the gang
as Duke Maciej Michorowski
as Count Orzelski
as Maciej Michorowski
as Olbromski
as Zarski
as Gen. Pankratow
as Jan Paszkowski
as Birbant