Jerzy Passendorfer
Jerzy Passendorfer (April 8, 1923 in Wilno – February 20, 2003 in Skolimów, near Warsaw, Poland)[1] was a Polish film director, specialising in films about the German occupation of Poland in World War II,[2] and member of parliament.
Passendorfer graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague[3] in 1951, and went on to become the leading exponent of the popular "national combatant" genre in the 1960s.[4] As well as many films he directed the popular TV serial Janosik.[5][6]
Passendorfer served in the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, from 1993 to 1997 on the Democratic Left Alliance list.[7]
Filmography
[edit]- Signals (1959)
- Assassination (1959)
- The Return (1960)
- Judgment (1961)
- Broken Bridge (1962)
- Bathed in Fire (1963)
- The Colors of the Fight (1964)
- Justice Sunday (1965)
- The Big Bang (1966)
- The Day of the Purification (1969)
- The Last Days (1969)
- Kill the Black Sheep (1971)
- Janosik (1974)
- Victory (1974)
- Seagulls (1986)
References
[edit]- ^ Jerzy Passendorfer at the IMDb
- ^ "Zmarł Jerzy Passendorfer". Gazeta Wyborcza. 22 February 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ Kuszewski, Stanisław (1978). Contemporary Polish film. Interpress. p. 11. OCLC 6041011.
- ^ "Batalistyczne superprodukcje z czasów PRL-u w Kino Polska". Stopklatka. 2 March 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Zmarł reżyser filmów wojennych i "Janosika"". Onet. 21 February 2003. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Jerzy Passendorfer". The Independent. 27 May 2003. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Poseł Jerzy Passendorfer". Archiwum Danych o Posłach. Kancelaria Sejmu. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
External links
[edit]- Jerzy Passendorfer at IMDb
- Jerzy Passendorfer at the Filmpolski Database.
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