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

  • 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

  1. Jerzy Passendorfer at the IMDb
  2. "Zmarł Jerzy Passendorfer". Gazeta Wyborcza. 22 February 2003. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  3. Kuszewski, Stanisław (1978). Contemporary Polish film. Interpress. p. 11. OCLC 6041011.
  4. "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.
  5. "Zmarł reżyser filmów wojennych i "Janosika"". Onet. 21 February 2003. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  6. "Jerzy Passendorfer". The Independent. 27 May 2003. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  7. "Poseł Jerzy Passendorfer". Archiwum Danych o Posłach. Kancelaria Sejmu. Retrieved 14 March 2010.


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