At the same time, he studied at the Jagiellonian University, and in December 1912 he appeared in the performance of the Academic Classical Drama Lovers.

He made his debut on 3 May 1913 under the name Karol Benda on the stage of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in the role of the Groom in Stanisław Wyspiański's The Wedding.

After the 1928/1929 season, spent on the stage of Teatr Nowy in Poznań, he went to Paris, where he ran the amateur Polish Theatre.

At that time, they tortured Benda and other people located there, but Zdzitowiecki managed to provide convincing false information, protecting the actual printing operation from discovery.

[1] In 1942, Benda died of a heart attack on stage, performing in the comedy production Kochanek to ja (The Lover is Me).