Eugeniusz Bodo

Eugeniusz Bodo
Eugeniusz Bodo and his dog Sambo
Born
Bohdan Eugène Junod

(1899-12-28)28 December 1899
Geneva, Switzerland
Died7 October 1943(1943-10-07) (aged 43)
Kotlas, Soviet Union
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • dancer
  • screenwriter
  • film director

Eugeniusz Bodo (born Bohdan Eugène Junod; 28 December 1899 – 7 October 1943) was a film director, producer, and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the interwar period. He starred in some of the most popular Polish film productions of the 1930s, including His Excellency, The Shop Assistant (Polish: Jego ekscelencja subiekt), Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna?, and Pieśniarz Warszawy.

A skilled singer, he became an icon of Polish musical comedy and a "symbol of Polish commercial cinema".[1] In the late 1930s he also became a successful entrepreneur – co-owner of a successful film studio, café, and producers'[clarification needed] company. Arrested by the Soviet NKVD in the aftermath of the German and Soviet invasion of Poland, he perished in the Soviet Gulag.

  1. ^ Haltof (2002), p.45