was born on June 8, 1946 in Łódź. His father, coming from a Jewish family, organized the audience of the Syrena Theatre, and that is why Fronczewski became so fascinated with theatrical art so quickly. It started with children’s roles in the Television Theater and ended with the most popular productions of Polish cinematography. How does Fronczewski remember his beginnings?
I was a boy in shorts then, but for whom it was a form of fun, albeit quite serious
– he confessed in an interview with . The film debut came at the age of 12. The novice actor played the postman’s son in “Free City” by Stanisław Różewicz. How did he later become Frank Kimono?
Piotr Fronczewski got a lot of roles. One of them will be remembered to the grave
Moving on to other screen productions in which Fronczewski played, we should of course mention the favorite of children and teenagers – Ambroży Kleks. The teacher created thanks to the imagination of Jan Brzechwa ran a magical academy, which is still talked about in primary schools today.
Mr. Kleks will not leave me until I die! It was something completely bizarre that this film was made at all, because we shot it during martial law, when there was nothing – no paint, no plank, no nail. And it was necessary to conjure up this fairy tale and somehow it worked
– Fronczewski told about this unique role in an interview with “Wysokie Obcasy”. In the 1983 film, we will also see such celebrities as Leon Niemczyk and Zbigniew Buczkowski. The main role that Fronczewski received undoubtedly influenced the further development of his career. In the same year he entered the musical path.
Clever Frank Kimono. “I still don’t know how it happened”
Another face of Fronczewski is associated with cabaret and music. The actor performed in the Cabaret of Olga Lipińska and the Cabaret Pod Egidą by Jan Pietrzak, but it was not enough for him. In 1983, he decided to create a project with the composer and lyricist Andrzej Korzyński, or rather a character named Franek Kimono. This persona was wearing a sports outfit designed for karate. The resolute and cunning karateka parodied Polish disco, Franek Kimono also entered the rap path. What does Fronczewski himself think about this character?
It didn’t even occur to us (…) when we recorded Frank’s first two songs that there would be so much hype around it. We treated it only as fun, but Franek broke out on independence. To this day, I don’t know how it happened that he slipped out of the cell called ‘ripping’ and made a career. After recording the songs “King Bruce Lee karate master” and “Dysk Dżokej” we actually forgot about the matter and only some time later my little daughters realized that Franek conquers the charts, they play it everywhere and all of Poland sings
– we read in the biography of the actor “Ja, Fronczewski”.
What is acting for Fronczewski? “I don’t have it, never had it”
On the small screen, the actor found himself like a fish in water. It is worth highlighting two productions here – “Dad, and Marcin said” and “and “Family substitute plus”. Thanks to these series, the actor’s recognition gained a greater dimension. He won the sympathy not only of the elders, but also of the younger generation. We also saw the actor in “Magda M. “, “On the Edge”, “In the Rhythm of the Heart” or “The Pact”. When it comes to films, Fronczewski graced with his talent such productions as “Day of the Wacko”, “A Room with a View of the Sea” and “The Promised Land”. artistic output is huge, and even so the actor is characterized by unprecedented modesty.
I can’t help it, although of course I know that there are those for whom acting is absolutely the most important thing. I don’t have it, never had it
– confessed Fronczewski in an interview with “Wysokie Obcasy” in 2017. Why then did the star choose this path?
I became him [aktorem – red.] maybe to be someone I’m not
– he said.
Fronczewski is of the opinion that an actor must be born. “You don’t play to make a living. You play to lie, to lie to yourself, so you can be what you can’t be because you’re sick of being what you are. You play good, because you’re evil, saints because you’re mean, murderers because you’re born a liar, you play to not know yourself, and you play because you know yourself too well, you play because you love the truth, and you play You hate yourself because you hate the truth. You play because you’d go crazy not to play. It’s not mine! But there is style, chic and a lot of truth in it, “he told Przekrój in 1995.
Fronczewski’s private life. The affair did not put an end to his marriage
A moment after the actor’s father left, Ewa Fronczewska appeared in his life. They met in the elevator when Fronczewski was looking at his mother’s apartment.
She immediately caught my attention – she was a beautiful girl with a classic beauty, and at the same time she had a clearly felt, interesting maturity, unheard of at such a young age
the actor reported.
The couple got married in 1974. A modest civil ceremony then took place. Why did the lovers not vow to love each other before God?
There was no church wedding. I mean, it was supposed to be, but somehow it got pushed back to a later date, and before we knew it, forty-one years had passed. Or maybe we just decided at the beginning that it was not worth involving God in an uncertain relationship and an uncertain future?
– we read in Fronczewski’s biography.
The fruit of the relationship between the actor and his wife are two daughters, Magdalena and Katarzyna. Thanks to the fact that Ewa Fronczewska took care of the house full-time, the actor was able to develop his career. The marriage looked successful and harmonious, but after a few years of their relationship, the media wrote about the actor’s romance. Fronczewska found out about him after the fact. “Somewhere in these rubble, something was slowly starting to rebuild between us. A crushing sense of guilt was building in me and the awareness of the enormity of the harm I had caused my wife. I felt infinitely pathetic and unimaginably ridiculous. Fortunately, I was with an extremely wise and mature woman.” – this is how the actor recalled a difficult period in the relationship. Beloved forgave him for betrayal with Joanna Pacuła, 10 years younger than Fronczewski.
We began to respect each other more and more, to notice things that were not noticeable before and which are starting to build this community. And then there was a kind of gratitude that we are together
Fronczewski said.
The wife is a source of pride for the actor and his greatest love. They are together to this day. They fulfill themselves not only as parents, but also as grandparents. Their daughter, Katarzyna, gave birth to Hania, the apple of the Fronczewski family’s eye. “Hanka is constantly telling something, she has her own opinion on everything. In any case, I am not a grandfather whose granddaughter sits on her lap, her temperament does not allow it” – we learn from “Gala”.
Source: Gazeta
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