COLLECTION · Series · 2016

Bodo

Name: Bodo
Genre: Drama
Duration: 54 min
Rating: 5

Glitter, scandals, roaring twenties music and amazing acting, all that and much more in a brand new series depicting life of Eugene Bodo - a man of many talents. The artist was a major star of Europe between wars. He was an actor, a director, a producer, a businessman, the central figure of numerous gossip and scandals. Women went crazy for him, men wanted to be like him. The biography of the cabaret and movie star would be enough for a bunch of people. The story presents Bodo’s way to success, which was not always ‘a bed of roses’. Viewers will have a chance follow the man’s difficult decisions and life choices, running away from home, early steps on stage in a provincial theatre but also his relationship with possessive mother and love affairs with a number of women including Nora Ney. The 13-episode series will bring back the times of early movie sets and the heyday of cabaret

Source: TMDB

* 5.0 (5)Drama

Directors

Michał Kwieciński

Studios

TVP1

Runtime

54 min/ep

Release

06/03/2016

Score

5.0 / 10 (5)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

13 episodes · 2016

He loved the stage and women — and was loved back. Along the way, director Eugeniusz Bodo became one of the biggest stars in Poland's interwar period.

Episode 1. Episode 1

2016-03-06 · 54 min

November 1916. Instead of studying for his finals, Eugeniusz is at the movies flirting with Ada. One day he decides to pursue his dream of acting.

Episode 2. Episode 2

2016-03-13 · 54 min

Getting on stage turns out to be hard. Instead of the theater, Eugeniusz ends up in a homeless shelter in Warsaw. Luckily another actor helps him.

Episode 3. Episode 3

2016-03-20 · 54 min

Eugeniusz works as an usher in a theater in Poznań. He spends all his free time watching rehearsals. Finally, he gets a chance to show off his skills.

Episode 4. Episode 4

2016-03-27 · 54 min

Two years pass. Desperate, Eugeniusz performs in dingy bars in Pabianice, where the Spanish flu epidemic is raging. He decides to move to Warsaw.

Episode 5. Episode 5

2016-04-03 · 54 min

After years of struggle, Bodo finally lands a gig at the theater. He also convinces Ada to go to Warsaw. Meanwhile, the Polish-Soviet War breaks out.

Episode 6. Episode 6

2016-04-10 · 54 min

Bodo and Zula Pogorzelska act at the famed Qui Pro Quo theater, and the tabloids report on their alleged affair. Bodo has a hit and gets a film role.

Episode 7. Episode 7

2016-04-17 · 54 min

The premiere of "Rivals" is a huge success, and Bodo becomes a star overnight. But the fame has its dark sides, and a rival enters the scene.

Episode 8. Episode 8

2016-04-24 · 54 min

Bodo has more and more film roles, but mostly insignificant. Captain Magiera uses his connections to help Eugeniusz finance an ambitious production.

Episode 9. Episode 9

2016-05-01 · 54 min

Bodo buries himself in work to cope with the trauma of his friend's death. He shoots the blockbuster film "Sound of the Desert" with his peers.

Episode 10. Episode 10

2016-05-08 · 54 min

A beautiful Tahitian Hollywood starlet, Reri, comes to Warsaw for a guest performance. Bodo is mesmerized by her beauty and uncommon temperament.

Episode 11. Episode 11

2016-05-15 · 54 min

Reri's stay in Poland becomes more and more complicated, and to top it off, Ada is coming to Warsaw. Bodo is faced with a very tough choice.

Episode 12. Episode 12

2016-05-22 · 54 min

Bodo wins the hearts of the audience with the film "The Ghosts," co-starring Dymsza, but he is most happy when Ada arrives to give him her decision.

Episode 13. Episode 13

2016-05-29 · 54 min

After the war breaks out, Bodo travels to Lviv with a group of Warsaw artists. The Russians already occupy the city, but Bodo is allowed to perform.

Cast by season

Anna Pijanowska

Ada

Agnieszka Wosińska

Jadwiga Anna Dorota Dylewska-Junod

Anna Próchniak

Nora Ney

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