Poland mourns a legend

Poland mourns a legend

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norman lebrecht

February 21, 2017

Danuta Szaflarska, possibly Poland’s most prolific film actor, has died at 102, a few months after completing her last role.

After risking her life as a courier for the Polish resistance under the German occupation, she was seldom off the stage or the film set for b75 years.

Her first husband was the pre-eminent Chopin scholar and pianist Jan Ekier.

 

 

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