Ludwik Starski (born Ludwik Kałuszyner, 1 March 1903 in

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– died 29 February 1984 in

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) was a Polish Jewish

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, sound engineer and

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of the twentieth century. He was the father of the set designer Allan Starski, who often worked with movie director

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and received the Academy Award for "Best Set Design" for Schindler's List in 1994. Ludwik worked with Eugeniusz Bodo,

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and with Tadeusz Sygietyński. Before the Second World War he was a journalist with the newspaper ''Express Wieczorny Ilustrowany (The Evening Express)''. He was also a lyricist of songs for cabarets, cafés and theater, including theater ''Qui Pro Quo, Gong, Morskie Oko, Perskie Oko, '' in Warsaw. Some of his songs were performed by singer Irena Santor to the music of composer

. Starski worked with singer actor Eugeniusz Bodo (whom he met at ''Qui Pro Quo'') and wrote lyrics to some of his hit songs including ''Sex Appeal''. Between 1934 and 1978, he wrote a score of films for which he was also an engineer.http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/115656 Film Polski He married Maria Bargielska (1911–1986); they had one son, Allan Starski, who became an

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winning production designer and set decorator. Ludwik Starski was the brother of journalist and writer Adam Ochocki.

Selected filmography

*'' Robert and Bertram'' (1938)

References

Jewish cabaret performers Polish cabaret performers 20th-century Polish Jews Jewish songwriters 1984 deaths 1903 births 20th-century Polish comedians 20th-century Polish screenwriters Polish male screenwriters 20th-century Polish male writers Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland {{Poland-writer-stub