"Kordian" by Słowacki, director: Erwin Axer

"Kordian" by Słowacki, director: Erwin Axer, stage design: Władysław Daszewski; from the left: Jan Kurnakowicz (The Grand Duke), Janusz Bylczyński (Kuruta).The signature role of the “Grand Duke” by Jan Kurnakowicz (1901–1968) became a legend and went down in the history of theatre. “It was a great, probably the greatest, role the actor played in the great Polish Romantic repertoire ” – wrote Tadeusz Łomnicki.