Eugeniusz Bodo

Eugeniusz Bodo Born Bohdan Eugène Junod December 28 1899 - October 7 1943 Kirov USSR Was A Great Film Director Producer And One Of The Most Popular Polish Actors Of The Inter-War Period. He Was Born In Geneva Switzerland As The Only Son Of A Polish Emigrant. In 1910 His Family Moved To Łódź Where His Father Opened A Revue-Cinema. In 1917 Junod Moved To Poznań Where He Joined "Teatr Apollo". He Is Best Known For His Film Roles He Played In More Than Thirty Films. In 1932 He Was Granted With A Title Of King Of Polish Actors And With King Of Style In 1936. In 1931 Bodo Became A Co-Founder Of The B.W.B. Film Studio And In 1933 He Opened A Private Producers' Company "Urania" Named After His Fathers' Cinema In Łódź. In The Spring Of 1939 He Opened A Prestigious "Cafe Bodo" In Warsaw. During The Invasion Of Poland He Organized Recitals For The Polish Soldiers And Civilians During The Siege Of Warsaw. During The German Occupation Initially He Ran His Cafe Mostly To Let Other Famous Polish Artists Earn Some Money After Their Theatres And Film Companies Were Closed. However The Place Became So Popular That In 1941 Germans Decided To Turn It Into A Nur Für Deutsche Literally For Germans Only Cafe For The Wehrmacht And Other Nazi Organizations. Bodo Rented Out His Cafe And Moved To Lwów Where He Joined The Tea-Jazz Band Led By Henryk Wars. However He Was Soon Arrested By The NKVD 26 June 1941 Accused Of Espionage And Despite Being A Swiss Citizen Was Deported To A Remote Soviet GULag Death Camp Near Arkhangelsk. Sentenced For 5 Years In The Soviet Labour Camp. He Was Jailed In Butyrski Prison In Moscow In Ufa And Arkhangelsk Then Sent To The Gulag Where He Died Of Hunger On October 7 1943. Before The Communism Collapse 1989 The Soviets Contend That Bodo Was Murdered By Germans Now We Know It Is Not True. Films * Rywale As Geniuś 1925 * Czerwony Błazen 1926 * Uśmiech Losu As The Dancer In A Cabaret 1927 * Człowiek O Błękitnej Duszy As The Sculptor 1929 * Policmajster Tagiejew As Markovskiy 1929 * Kult Ciała As Franciszek Czesław's Helper 1930 * Na Sybir As The Worker 1930 * Niebezpieczny Romans The Main Villain 1930 * Uroda Życia 1930 As Roszow 1930 * Wiatr Od Morza As Otto 1930 * Bezimienni Bohaterowie As The Police Captain 1932 * Głos Pustyni As Sheik Abdullah 1932 * Jego Ekscelencja Subiekt Jurek The Title Role 1933 * Zabawka Kuźma Son Of The Forest Worker 1933 * Czarna Perła As Stefan 1934 * Czy Lucyna To Dziewczyna? As Stefan Żarnowski 1934 * Kocha Lubi Szanuje As Pharmacy Terminator Władysław 1934 * Pieśniarz Warszawy As Julian 1934 * Jaśnie Pan Szofer As Boratyński 1935 * Amerykańska Awantura As Paweł 1936 * Książątko As Tadeusz Rolski 1937 * Piętro Wyżej As Henryk Pączek Radio Speaker 1937 * Skłamałam As Karol Borowicz 1937 * Paweł I Gaweł As Paweł 1938 * Robert I Bertrand As Bertrand 1938 * Strachy As Zygmunt Modecki 1938 * Za Winy Niepopełnione As Torence Holski's Friend And Partner 1938 read less