Jerzy Passendorfer

Born: 1923-04-08

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.


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What Will My Wife Say to This?

as uncredited
Released: 1958-09-26

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Big Beat

as Film Director (uncredited)
Released: 1967-03-26

At Kuba's wedding an unknown woman comes up to him and accuses him of cheating on her. This...

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The Others Will Follow

as Secret University Student (uncredited)
Released: 1949-05-12

A war drama that tells the story of the discovery of the illegal AL printing works by the Nazis,...

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Dom

as dyrektor szpitala w Będzinie
First aired: 1980-11-09

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Janosik

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-07-26

Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish...

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