Jerzy Passendorfer
Born: 1923-04-08 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Died: 2003-02-20
Known For: Directing
Biography
Jerzy Passendorfer (April 8, 1923 in Wilno – February 20, 2003 in Skolimów, near Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish film director, specialising in films about the German occupation of Poland in World War II,and member of parliament. Passendorfer graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1951, and went on to become the leading exponent of the popular "national combatant" genre in the 1960s. As well as many films he directed the popular TV serial Janosik. Passendorfer served in the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, from 1993 to 1997 on the Democratic Left Alliance list.
Filmography
1986
- Mewy (fragmenty życiorysu) ... (Director)
1980
- Dom as dyrektor szpitala w Będzinie
1975
- Victory ... (Writer)
1972
- Zabijcie czarną owcę ... (Director)
1971
- Operation "Brutus" ... (Director)
1970
- Day of Purification ... (Director)
- Ferry ... (Supervising Art Director)
- A Hole in the Ground ... (Supervising Art Director)
1969
- Ostatnie dni ... (Screenplay)
- Kierunek Berlin ... (Director)
- More Than Life At Stake Part Three as Bartender ("Double Nelson") (uncredited)
1967
- Big Beat as Film Director (uncredited)
1966
- Niedziela sprawiedliwości ... (Director)
1964
- Barwy walki ... (Director)
1963
- Skąpani w ogniu ... (Director)
- The Lost Bridge ... (Director)
1962
- The Verdict ... (Director)
1960
- The Return ... (Director)
1959
- Signals ... (Director)
- The Attempt ... (Director)
1957
- Skarb kapitana Martensa ... (Director)
1955
- Career as Hulewicz's Assistant (uncredited)
1954
- Adventure in Marienstadt ... (Assistant Director)
- Uczta Baltazara ... (First Assistant Director)
1951
- Za život radostný ... (First Assistant Director)
1950
- Dobrý nástup ... (Screenplay)
- Montované stavby ... (Screenplay)
1949
- The Others Will Follow as Secret University Student (uncredited)