- Born
- Died
- Birth nameKarl Julius Sym
- Nickname
- Julian Karol Sym
- Igo Sym was born in Innsbruck, Austria in 1896. Before working as an actor he served from 1918-1921 in the Polish army. After working in silent films he was engaged by the theater in Warsaw, where he often appeared with his "Singing Saw".
When in 1939 the Germans ran over Poland, Sym started to collaborate with them. At this time many Polish people where head-hunted, and many of them where celebrities. Sym worked for the Gestapo and trapped some of these searched people (among them was the famous singer Hanka Ordonówna). When the Polish underground-gouvernment found out about Sym's contacts with the Gestapo, he was executed in his apartment on March 7th 1941.
- IMDb mini biography by: André Eickelmann <dreamgate.frontier@gmx.net>
- ParentsAnton SymJulia Sepp
- RelativesErnest Sym(Sibling)Fred Sym(Sibling)
- In 1925 he appeared for the first time in a movie and from now on he acted mainly parts of elegant gentlemen, dressed in tailcoat and uniform, or played aristocrats.
- When the Deutsches Reich invaded Poland in 1939, Sym signed the "Reichliste" and took part as "Volksdeutscher" in re-structuring of the Polish theater life.
- Before he devoted himself to the film business he served in the Austrian army during World War I.
- Between 1918 and 1921 he was an infantry officer in the Polish army.
- Till 1928 Sym shot exclusively for the "Sascha-Filmstudios", where he was elected for president in 1928.
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