Kazimierz Krukowski
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Kazimierz Krukowski born 1901 Lodz, died 1984 in Warsaw, stage name Lopek, was a Jewish cabaret performer and writer, revue and film actor, Master of Ceremonies. He performed songs and monologues by famous poets and songwriters like Marian Hemar
, Jerzy Jurandot
, Antoni Słonimski, Julian Tuwim
and Andrzej Włast
.
He was engaged at the cabaret Qui Pro Quo by his cousin Julian Tuwim. He performed in theaters, kleynkunst, and cabarets including Morskie Oko
, Banda
, Cyganeria, Cyrulik Warszawski, Wielka Rewia, and in 1939 he founded his own theater, the Ali Baba
.
He made his first movie in 1927 (Ziemia obiecana) as part of a comedy duo, "Lopek and Florek," with Adolf Dymszą; they made several more movies together including Janko Muzikant; Ułani, ułani, chłopcy malowani, and Ułani, ułani, chłopcy malowani (What does my husband do at night?)
During the second World War he appeared in one of the cabarets in the Warsaw ghetto. He fought in the Soviet Union and subsequently lived in Britain, the United States, and Argentina, where he ran the El Nacional theater.
He wrote several books: Mała antologia kabaretu (Small cabaret anthology), Z Melpomeną na emigracji (From Melpomene in exile) and Moja Warszawka (My Warsaw).
Polish
actor. In 1935 he starred in the film ABC miłości.
Marian Hemar
Marian Hemar , born Jan Maria Hescheles, also Jan Mariański , Marian Wallenrod, was a Polish Jewish poet, journalist, playwright, comedy writer, and songwriter: he himself said that before the outbreak of World War II he had written 1200 songs including hits like Może kiedyś innym razem and Upić...
, Jerzy Jurandot
Jerzy Jurandot
Jerzy Jurandot, born Jerzy Glejgewicht , Polish poet, dramatist, satirist and songwriter....
, Antoni Słonimski, Julian Tuwim
Julian Tuwim
Julian Tuwim , sometimes used pseudonym "Oldlen" when writing song lyrics. He was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, of Jewish parents, and educated in Łódź and Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University...
and Andrzej Włast
Andrzej Włast
Andrzej Włast was a Polish Jewish songwriter. He wrote the lyrics for the 1929 hit song "Tango Milonga". He died in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.-Biography:...
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He was engaged at the cabaret Qui Pro Quo by his cousin Julian Tuwim. He performed in theaters, kleynkunst, and cabarets including Morskie Oko
Morskie Oko
Morskie Oko is the largest and fourth deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains...
, Banda
Banda
-People:*Banda people, an ethnic group of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Sudan*Rupiah Banda, President of Zambia*Hastings Banda, former President of Malawi...
, Cyganeria, Cyrulik Warszawski, Wielka Rewia, and in 1939 he founded his own theater, the Ali Baba
Ali Baba
Ali Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves...
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"in the cabarets, a new genre of entertainment—the Jewish joke, monologue or sketch known as szmonces—rose to prominence. The szmonces, inevitably characterized by a more or less subtle żydłaczenie, at its best turned the pretentious Jewish assimilator or the harried Jewish tradesman into universally accessible symbols of the dislocations of modern life; at its worst, it became vulgar antisemitic caricature. The performer Kazimierz Krukowski (1902–1984), known as Lopek, was among those acclaimed as a specialist in the genre."
He made his first movie in 1927 (Ziemia obiecana) as part of a comedy duo, "Lopek and Florek," with Adolf Dymszą; they made several more movies together including Janko Muzikant; Ułani, ułani, chłopcy malowani, and Ułani, ułani, chłopcy malowani (What does my husband do at night?)
During the second World War he appeared in one of the cabarets in the Warsaw ghetto. He fought in the Soviet Union and subsequently lived in Britain, the United States, and Argentina, where he ran the El Nacional theater.
He wrote several books: Mała antologia kabaretu (Small cabaret anthology), Z Melpomeną na emigracji (From Melpomene in exile) and Moja Warszawka (My Warsaw).
Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
actor. In 1935 he starred in the film ABC miłości.
External links
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and Henryk GoldHenryk GoldHenryk Gold was a Polish Jewish composer, arranger, and orchestra director born in Warsaw to a musical family... - Kazimierz Krukowski - Nic takiego (1935)
- Kazimierz Krukowski - Tango Lopka Character Lopek gets in trouble in the big city