Henryk Szaro

Biography

Henryk Szaro (October 23, 1900 – August 8, 1942) was a film and theatre director, one of the most important creators of pre-war Polish cinema. After graduating from high school in Saratov, he studied in Petrograd at the Institute of Communication Engineers and at the school at the Alexandrinsky Theatre (Szaro himself claimed to have studied in Moscow under the supervision of Vsevolod Meyerhold). After graduating, he worked in theatres in Petrograd. In 1923, he moved to Berlin, where he became as...