Jerzy Passendorfer

Birthday: 1923-04-08
Deathday: 2003-02-20
Birthplace: Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1986-08-17 Mewy (fragmenty życiorysu)
1975-05-06 Victory
1974-04-14 Janosik
1972-02-15 Zabijcie czarną owcę
1971-05-11 Operation "Brutus"
1970-06-02 Day of Purification
1969-05-09 Ostatnie dni
1969-01-17 Kierunek Berlin
1967-03-26 Big Beat
1966-02-04 Niedziela sprawiedliwości
1964-06-17 Barwy walki
1963-03-22 The Lost Bridge
1963-03-05 Skąpani w ogniu
1962-01-21 The Verdict
1960-09-26 The Return
1959-10-09 Signals
1959-01-12 The Attempt
1957-05-25 Skarb kapitana Martensa
1950-12-31 Montované stavby
1950-12-31 Dobrý nástup