Jan Paweł Kruk (born 2 December 1943, Domaniewice,

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) is a Polish film and theatre actor.

Biography

He graduated from the

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in 1966. In the years 1966 to 1969, he was an actor at the

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Theatre in Kalisz, but since 1969, he is at the on the stage of the

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. Kruk has participated in the ''Fighting Convoy'' — produced in

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with the participation of Russian and Polish actors — recapturing the

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, which was screened in areas such as

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and

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itself.

References

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