Warsaw and polish women used to be called Paris of an Eastern Europe. The Vouge magazines from around 60 's-90's were used as an inspiration to make own clothes in a western style cos they were not available for them in a shops.
Adult Poles may remember pre-war movie stars quite well actually. There was a show in public tv until 90's or 00's with these movies (full time) and very well commented. Somehow miraculously these tapes survived the war.
Two actors from XX century that I know the names of are: Eugeniusz Bodo and Adolf Dymsza (fun fact: those 2 competed with each other). Eugeniusz Bodo (real name Bohdan Eugène Junod, born December 28, 1899, Geneva, Switzerland, died: October 7, 1943, Kotlas, Russia) - Polish film, revue, and theater actor. The son of a Polish mother and a Swiss father, director, screenwriter, dancer, singer, and film producer. One of the most outstanding and popular actors of interwar Polish cinema and theater. Adolf Dymsza (real name Adolf Bagiński, born: April 7, 1900, Warsaw, died: August 20, 1975, Góra Kalwaria) Known as Dodek, is a Polish cabaret and film actor. Considered the greatest comedian of Polish cinema of the 20th century. The pre-war and post-war "king of Polish comedy". According to an anecdote, the nickname "Dymsza" was invented by the actor's sister Zuzanna Skowron.
Hi :) Im polish, and almost 4 years ago i returned to poland after 16 years in the uk. I love your channel and I have to say that your passion for poland makes me feel proud to be polish. Have you ever seen the movie "the Pianist"? It portrays the holocaust so well, its a very sad but somehow still a beautiful film. In English. If you haven't seen it It's an absolute must watch! If you haven't, would you consider doing a reaction to it? Anyway, love your content. Ps If you ever end up in Kraków i would love to say "hi" ;)
After WWII there was something called Pewex where people could buy some things from West, like good quality jeans, for dollars. Of course it was nearly impossible to get dollars here but it happened. And also Poles often got very creative - they used what they had to imitate some bits of fashion - I still remember my aunt's skirt and jacket made of old curtains (I really loved how cool they looked, even when I saw them in late 90s, so over 20 years after she made them). People had to work with what they had so the mindset of problem solvers was and I think still is quite strong :)
Pewex i Baltona. I remember the first 10 years after the fall of communism and that time when Poles did not want to buy Polish goods, even homogenized cheese, when it did not have foreign /English/, colorful inscriptions. Polish companies changed their names to English-sounding or Italian-sounding names to be able to sell anything. The Pole preferred to buy a 15-year-old "foreign" :) car rather than the still produced Polish Fiat 126 or Polonez. And media campaigns such as Teraz Polska did not help, because Poles could finally buy colorful, Western products. Previously, for 50 years they only saw them in movies. The same thing happened in Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and probably to some extent in the slightly more "free" Yugoslavia /ex-Yugoslavia/
Getting the dollars was easy, don't lie. Poles, unlike other countries of the Soviet bloc, could maintain intensive contacts with the people in the West, including their relatives, from the end of the 1950s, and they also bought dollars from sailors and tourists. If someone needed dollars, he bought them (illegally, but the black market operated freely in Poland and the authorities were unable to restrict it). In addition to Pewex (dollar stores), there were also numerous private commission shops selling Western goods for PLN. This is because, at the end of the 1960s, the communist authorities in Poland allowed private imports of goods from the West (this was an exception in the communist bloc, but Poland differed from other communist countries in many respects: greater liberalism when it comes to culture, very wide access to Western culture, relatively free contact with the West, private farms instead of collectivization, private small business, plus a society that was very rebellious and hostile towards communism and the USSR, rebelling constantly and impossible to intimidate).
@@alh6255 That's funny! My aunt, who was 16 at the time, got brought for an interrogation by milicja because she was carrying jeans she bought for dollars and they were very interested where she got dollars in early 70s. So don't spread your shitty lies, maybe your family collaborated or stole to have dollars and goods so easily but that wasn't reality for ordinary honest Poles!!!!
@@alh6255no to super u nas było, i np. taka komunistyczna Jugosławia szalenie nam zazdrosciła pełnych sklepòw, wyjazdòw, wolnosci, zachodnich towaròw i niebywale rozwinietych kontaktòw z Zachodem. A komunistycznych Węgrów handlujacy tam duperalami Polacy zadziwiali tym, że w sklepach brali po 10 darmowych kolorowych torebek reklamowych by obdarować nimi całą uszczęśliwioną tym prezentem rodzinę. Plastik w takiej formie byl nieznany w naszym kraju, u nas nosiło się ekologiczne siateczki. Ekologicznie się też zalatwialismy, bez uzycia papieru toaletowego.
@@alh6255 ta, taka komunistyczna Jugosławia co to nic nie widziała i nigdzie nie byla normalnie zazdrosciła nam tej naszej wolnosci, pełnych pólek, wyjazdów, podroży i niebywale rozwinietych kontaktów z Zachodem. A handlujacy duperelami w Budapeszcie Polacy zaskakiwali komunistycznych Wegrów tym, że chwytali po 10 darmiwych i kolorowych torebek reklamowych by takim nieznanym jeszcze w kraju prezentem obdarować cała rodzinę. U nas królowaly w kraju ekologiczne siateczki z końca l. 50. Ekologicznie miekismy też w ubikacjach, bez użycia papieru toaletowego. PRL światowym liderem w ekologii.
In the 1920s and 1930s the Polish cinematography, film making industry was developing really fast. Really plenty of movies were made in Poland then, with famous actors, who were the stars of that times, like Hanka Ordonówna or Eugeniusz Bodo, and many, many others. It was a period of rich cultural and artistic life in Poland and of great development of entertainment. The first Polish actress that made an international career was Pola Negri - she was a star in Hollywood, where she moved, especially in the times of silent movies, and still in the 1920s and 1930s. She was very well known worlwide. She had also love stories with Rudolf Valentino or with Charlie Chaplin. She died in the USA, in San Antonio, in 1987. Another Polish star of that times, very well known worlwide, was Jan Kiepura - a very famous opera and operetta singer (a tenor) and also an actor in some movies (he died in 1966 in the USA). He performed at the most prestigious stages of the world, like La Scala in Milan or Metropolitan Opera in New York, played also in some Hollywood movies (he signed a contract with Paramount Pictures). And in the earlier times, the real star, famous also in the USA, was Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a brilliant, known worlwide pianist. He made many big tournees across the whole USA, and other countries as well.
I remember the first 10 years after the fall of communism and that time when Poles did not want to buy Polish goods, even homogenized cheese, when it did not have foreign /English/, colorful inscriptions. Polish companies changed their names to English-sounding or Italian-sounding names to be able to sell anything. The Pole preferred to buy a 15-year-old "foreign" :) car rather than the still produced Polish Fiat 126 or Polonez. The same was the case with Lublin, Żuk and Tarpan delivery vehicles. And various desperate media campaigns such as Teraz Polska! /Now Poland!/ did not help, because Poles could finally buy colorful, Western products. Previously, for 50 years they saw them only in movies. The same thing happened in Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and probably to some extent in the slightly more "free" Yugoslavia /ex-Yugoslavia/
Polish stars of film and music from the beginning of the 20th century: Jadwiga Smosarska, Hanka Ordonowie, Ina Benita, Eugeniusz Bodo, Adolf Dymesza, Stanisław Sielański. At that time, Polish films were really good, you do not believe that on UA-cam:" Jadzia' " , Piętro wyżej film, for now these two. It guarantees that you will have fun . Pola Negri It was a star mainly without the sound of cinema, while written higher from the beginning of the cinema with sound .
I ,ve leave poland in 2012 ,for germany. in this time was like wild west in pl now its more like western countrys we are going in the very good direcktion , im hoping that i can go back home in the very near future
pepsi +cola was to bay in comunist Poland almost everywhere, they(reg.) buyed license and they taste was other (better) then today! but drinks were bottled.
It’s beautiful but not quite accurate. I still remember my grandmother’s dresses from 50’s and her shoes- she was really elegant lady even when my family was rather not rich. Oh and I saw old family pictures before 1900- well, the fashion was like everywhere in the world.
2020 best economy in europe and its growing,krakow best city break in europe in the last 5 years in a row,very important poles going back home !!!!!!!!!!!
Hi! Nice to hear from you. I appreciate you learning about our history and culture. If you are interested, I highly recommend: - Poznań June 1956 REMEMBERING POZNAŃ HEROES - Poland In - ua-cam.com/video/pA0EelrYJ-c/v-deo.html - history under German occupation - The First Nazi Concentration Camp in Poland - Fort VII (through the eyes of The Wandering Englishman, I highly recommend all his films) - ua-cam.com/video/C8h948aUSOk/v-deo.html I hope you will manage to come here someday. I'm also waiting for your next videos :-)
...free access to foreign goods... - Only a woman could consider it a significant consequence of the political change. By the way - Coca cola (visible in this film) and Pepsi cola were available in Poland in the seventies without fighting.
Sympatyczny człowiek ogląda ten materiał jak film akcji, SF lub kreskówkę. Nie jest w stanie tego zrozumieć. W 1910 nie było Polski na mapie, ale BYŁA ZAWSZE w sercach Polaków - naszych przodków. Trzeba mieć serce słowiańskie, aby to poczuć.
@@yovee5912 Cóż, film jest sztuką wizualną i odwołującą się do emocji, więc pisze co widzę. Gdyby historię Portugalii przedstawiała niebieskooka blondyna (takie Portugalki przecież istnieją), też bym na to zwrócił uwagę. Pomysł na filmik dobry - konkretny przekaz bardzo skromnymi środkami.
@@jacekwidor3306 A co jest typową polską urodą u pań i panów w Polsce. Bo jakoś i w mojej rodzinie i w innych rodzinach obok mnie, nie widzę jakiegoś konkretnego modelu. Ani ze struktury twarzy, ani innych cech fizycznych. Jedynym co nas łączy to kolor skóry.
@@yovee5912Dokładnie. I przecież na polskich ziemiach ludzie o różnym pochodzeniu żyli obok siebie w pokoju przez pokolenia i się mieszali, w tym polonizowali. Ten kto ma Polskę w sercu jest Polakiem. I nikt z nas, jak nie robił szczegółowych badań genetycznych, też nie może wcale być pewien, jaka etnicznie krew płynie w jego żyłach (zapewne różna).
Warsaw and polish women used to be called Paris of an Eastern Europe. The Vouge magazines from around 60 's-90's were used as an inspiration to make own clothes in a western style cos they were not available for them in a shops.
Karolina is one of my favourite fashion history youtubers
Adult Poles may remember pre-war movie stars quite well actually. There was a show in public tv until 90's or 00's with these movies (full time) and very well commented. Somehow miraculously these tapes survived the war.
Two actors from XX century that I know the names of are: Eugeniusz Bodo and Adolf Dymsza (fun fact: those 2 competed with each other).
Eugeniusz Bodo (real name Bohdan Eugène Junod, born December 28, 1899, Geneva, Switzerland, died: October 7, 1943, Kotlas, Russia) - Polish film, revue, and theater actor. The son of a Polish mother and a Swiss father, director, screenwriter, dancer, singer, and film producer. One of the most outstanding and popular actors of interwar Polish cinema and theater.
Adolf Dymsza (real name Adolf Bagiński, born: April 7, 1900, Warsaw, died: August 20, 1975, Góra Kalwaria) Known as Dodek, is a Polish cabaret and film actor. Considered the greatest comedian of Polish cinema of the 20th century. The pre-war and post-war "king of Polish comedy". According to an anecdote, the nickname "Dymsza" was invented by the actor's sister Zuzanna Skowron.
Karolina is amazing.
Pola Negri *Apolonia Chałupiec = first polish movie star in America
Big Star 💪
First and last :(
A Joanna Pacula i Iza Scorupco@@jacekwidor3306
@@jacekwidor3306Helena Modrzejewska🤔
@@anuskas9244 Modrzejewska była jeszcze większą gwiazdą niż Pola Negri, ale wyłącznie teatralną.
Hi :) Im polish, and almost 4 years ago i returned to poland after 16 years in the uk.
I love your channel and I have to say that your passion for poland makes me feel proud to be polish.
Have you ever seen the movie "the Pianist"? It portrays the holocaust so well, its a very sad but somehow still a beautiful film. In English. If you haven't seen it It's an absolute must watch! If you haven't, would you consider doing a reaction to it?
Anyway, love your content. Ps If you ever end up in Kraków i would love to say "hi" ;)
After WWII there was something called Pewex where people could buy some things from West, like good quality jeans, for dollars. Of course it was nearly impossible to get dollars here but it happened. And also Poles often got very creative - they used what they had to imitate some bits of fashion - I still remember my aunt's skirt and jacket made of old curtains (I really loved how cool they looked, even when I saw them in late 90s, so over 20 years after she made them).
People had to work with what they had so the mindset of problem solvers was and I think still is quite strong :)
Pewex i Baltona. I remember the first 10 years after the fall of communism and that time when Poles did not want to buy Polish goods, even homogenized cheese, when it did not have foreign /English/, colorful inscriptions. Polish companies changed their names to English-sounding or Italian-sounding names to be able to sell anything. The Pole preferred to buy a 15-year-old "foreign" :) car rather than the still produced Polish Fiat 126 or Polonez.
And media campaigns such as Teraz Polska did not help, because Poles could finally buy colorful, Western products. Previously, for 50 years they only saw them in movies.
The same thing happened in Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and probably to some extent in the slightly more "free" Yugoslavia /ex-Yugoslavia/
Getting the dollars was easy, don't lie. Poles, unlike other countries of the Soviet bloc, could maintain intensive contacts with the people in the West, including their relatives, from the end of the 1950s, and they also bought dollars from sailors and tourists. If someone needed dollars, he bought them (illegally, but the black market operated freely in Poland and the authorities were unable to restrict it). In addition to Pewex (dollar stores), there were also numerous private commission shops selling Western goods for PLN. This is because, at the end of the 1960s, the communist authorities in Poland allowed private imports of goods from the West (this was an exception in the communist bloc, but Poland differed from other communist countries in many respects: greater liberalism when it comes to culture, very wide access to Western culture, relatively free contact with the West, private farms instead of collectivization, private small business, plus a society that was very rebellious and hostile towards communism and the USSR, rebelling constantly and impossible to intimidate).
@@alh6255 That's funny! My aunt, who was 16 at the time, got brought for an interrogation by milicja because she was carrying jeans she bought for dollars and they were very interested where she got dollars in early 70s.
So don't spread your shitty lies, maybe your family collaborated or stole to have dollars and goods so easily but that wasn't reality for ordinary honest Poles!!!!
@@alh6255no to super u nas było, i np. taka komunistyczna Jugosławia szalenie nam zazdrosciła pełnych sklepòw, wyjazdòw, wolnosci, zachodnich towaròw i niebywale rozwinietych kontaktòw z Zachodem. A komunistycznych Węgrów handlujacy tam duperalami Polacy zadziwiali tym, że w sklepach brali po 10 darmowych kolorowych torebek reklamowych by obdarować nimi całą uszczęśliwioną tym prezentem rodzinę. Plastik w takiej formie byl nieznany w naszym kraju, u nas nosiło się ekologiczne siateczki. Ekologicznie się też zalatwialismy, bez uzycia papieru toaletowego.
@@alh6255 ta, taka komunistyczna Jugosławia co to nic nie widziała i nigdzie nie byla normalnie zazdrosciła nam tej naszej wolnosci, pełnych pólek, wyjazdów, podroży i niebywale rozwinietych kontaktów z Zachodem. A handlujacy duperelami w Budapeszcie Polacy zaskakiwali komunistycznych Wegrów tym, że chwytali po 10 darmiwych i kolorowych torebek reklamowych by takim nieznanym jeszcze w kraju prezentem obdarować cała rodzinę. U nas królowaly w kraju ekologiczne siateczki z końca l. 50. Ekologicznie miekismy też w ubikacjach, bez użycia papieru toaletowego. PRL światowym liderem w ekologii.
So.... when You come to visit? I'd say its about time :)
In the 1920s and 1930s the Polish cinematography, film making industry was developing really fast. Really plenty of movies were made in Poland then, with famous actors, who were the stars of that times, like Hanka Ordonówna or Eugeniusz Bodo, and many, many others. It was a period of rich cultural and artistic life in Poland and of great development of entertainment. The first Polish actress that made an international career was Pola Negri - she was a star in Hollywood, where she moved, especially in the times of silent movies, and still in the 1920s and 1930s. She was very well known worlwide. She had also love stories with Rudolf Valentino or with Charlie Chaplin. She died in the USA, in San Antonio, in 1987. Another Polish star of that times, very well known worlwide, was Jan Kiepura - a very famous opera and operetta singer (a tenor) and also an actor in some movies (he died in 1966 in the USA). He performed at the most prestigious stages of the world, like La Scala in Milan or Metropolitan Opera in New York, played also in some Hollywood movies (he signed a contract with Paramount Pictures). And in the earlier times, the real star, famous also in the USA, was Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a brilliant, known worlwide pianist. He made many big tournees across the whole USA, and other countries as well.
I remember the first 10 years after the fall of communism and that time when Poles did not want to buy Polish goods, even homogenized cheese, when it did not have foreign /English/, colorful inscriptions. Polish companies changed their names to English-sounding or Italian-sounding names to be able to sell anything. The Pole preferred to buy a 15-year-old "foreign" :) car rather than the still produced Polish Fiat 126 or Polonez. The same was the case with Lublin, Żuk and Tarpan delivery vehicles.
And various desperate media campaigns such as Teraz Polska! /Now Poland!/ did not help, because Poles could finally buy colorful, Western products. Previously, for 50 years they saw them only in movies.
The same thing happened in Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and probably to some extent in the slightly more "free" Yugoslavia /ex-Yugoslavia/
Great work from Karolina. I love her videos. You should learn about Battle of Wizna.
Polish stars of film and music from the beginning of the 20th century: Jadwiga Smosarska, Hanka Ordonowie, Ina Benita, Eugeniusz Bodo, Adolf Dymesza, Stanisław Sielański. At that time, Polish films were really good, you do not believe that on UA-cam:" Jadzia' " , Piętro wyżej film, for now these two. It guarantees that you will have fun . Pola Negri It was a star mainly without the sound of cinema, while written higher from the beginning of the cinema with sound .
I ,ve leave poland in 2012 ,for germany. in this time was like wild west in pl now its more like western countrys we are going in the very good direcktion , im hoping that i can go back home in the very near future
Miło Ciebie widzieć
pepsi +cola was to bay in comunist Poland almost everywhere, they(reg.) buyed license
and they taste was other (better) then today!
but drinks were bottled.
That was beautifull 😊
Please react :mc silk-rap nobody.This man rap faster then eminem
Thank you.
Husaria - Polska Duma / The Winged Hussars - Polish Pride
It’s beautiful but not quite accurate. I still remember my grandmother’s dresses from 50’s and her shoes- she was really elegant lady even when my family was rather not rich. Oh and I saw old family pictures before 1900- well, the fashion was like everywhere in the world.
2020 best economy in europe and its growing,krakow best city break in europe in the last 5 years in a row,very important poles going back home !!!!!!!!!!!
Hi! Nice to hear from you. I appreciate you learning about our history and culture. If you are interested, I highly recommend:
- Poznań June 1956 REMEMBERING POZNAŃ HEROES - Poland In - ua-cam.com/video/pA0EelrYJ-c/v-deo.html
- history under German occupation - The First Nazi Concentration Camp in Poland - Fort VII (through the eyes of The Wandering Englishman, I highly recommend all his films) - ua-cam.com/video/C8h948aUSOk/v-deo.html
I hope you will manage to come here someday. I'm also waiting for your next videos :-)
actors from XX centur
That started quite good and then went down cliff :(
...free access to foreign goods... - Only a woman could consider it a significant consequence of the political change. By the way - Coca cola (visible in this film) and Pepsi cola were available in Poland in the seventies without fighting.
Right, in Pewexes if you had dollars. Yes, widely accessible...
Sympatyczny człowiek ogląda ten materiał jak film akcji, SF lub kreskówkę.
Nie jest w stanie tego zrozumieć.
W 1910 nie było Polski na mapie, ale BYŁA ZAWSZE w sercach Polaków - naszych przodków.
Trzeba mieć serce słowiańskie, aby to poczuć.
Wracaj do szkoły jak Polski w 1920 roku nie było na mapie.
@@krzysztofkrupa4755 pomyłka klawiaturowa. Nie musisz od razu tak atakować
Sorki masz rację trochę zbyt emocjonalnie napisałem te słowa. Pozdrawiam i życzę miłej Środy. 😊😊😊
@@krzysztofkrupa4755 wzajemnie wszystkiego dobrego
These interwar costumes are probably only worn by bourgeois women.
Pani jest bardzo atrakcyjna, ale nie ma typowej polskiej urody
no i ...
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@@yovee5912 Cóż, film jest sztuką wizualną i odwołującą się do emocji, więc pisze co widzę. Gdyby historię Portugalii przedstawiała niebieskooka blondyna (takie Portugalki przecież istnieją), też bym na to zwrócił uwagę. Pomysł na filmik dobry - konkretny przekaz bardzo skromnymi środkami.
@@jacekwidor3306 A co jest typową polską urodą u pań i panów w Polsce. Bo jakoś i w mojej rodzinie i w innych rodzinach obok mnie, nie widzę jakiegoś konkretnego modelu. Ani ze struktury twarzy, ani innych cech fizycznych. Jedynym co nas łączy to kolor skóry.
@@yovee5912Dokładnie. I przecież na polskich ziemiach ludzie o różnym pochodzeniu żyli obok siebie w pokoju przez pokolenia i się mieszali, w tym polonizowali. Ten kto ma Polskę w sercu jest Polakiem. I nikt z nas, jak nie robił szczegółowych badań genetycznych, też nie może wcale być pewien, jaka etnicznie krew płynie w jego żyłach (zapewne różna).