Teatr Bagatela
Teatr „Bagatela” begins in 1918, when Marian Dąbrowski—publisher and editor of Kraków’s *Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny*—initiated a new stage. The building takes shape in 1918–1919 under architect Janusz Zarzecki, with the interior designed by painter and decorator Henry Uziembło. In 1926, growing cinema attendance and financial strain lead to a reclassification as a cinema. That direction is violently reset by a fire on the night of 6–7 April 1928, which completely destroys the interior. The venue is modernized in 1938 and renamed “Scala”, becoming one of Kraków’s most elegant cinemas. Between 1949 and the present, it becomes the Państwowy Teatr Młodego Widza, later joined in 1957 by the Rozmaitości Theatre. The house returns to the name Bagatela in 1970, and in 1972 dedicates itself to Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński—an apt link, given that Boy-Żeleński himself lived nearby for many years. Roman Polanski also made his debut here as a young man.
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