Tadeusz Łomnicki

Tadeusz Łomnicki was a major Polish stage and screen actor whose career also included theatrical direction, teaching, and academic leadership. He became widely recognized for roles in films such as *Pan Wołodyjowski*, *Pokolenie*, *Eroica*, and *Człowiek z marmuru*, while remaining closely associated with the Polish theatre. Łomnicki served as rector of Warsaw’s theatre school from 1970 to 1981 and died in Poznań during rehearsals for *King Lear*.