Jerzy Passendorfer

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1923-04-08

Deathday 2003-02-20 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Also Known As Ежи Пассендорфер

Jerzy Passendorfer

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.

Known For

Director

1975
Victory

as Director

1974
Janosik

as Director

1974
Janosik

as Director

1972
1971
Operation "Brutus"

as Director

1970
1969
Kierunek Berlin

as Director

1969
Ostatnie dni

as Director

1967
Big Beat

as Director

1964
Barwy walki

as Director

1963
The Lost Bridge

as Director

1963
Skąpani w ogniu

as Director

1962
The Verdict

as Director

1960
The Return

as Director

1959
The Attempt

as Director

1959
Signals

as Director

1958
What Will My Wife Say to This?

as First Assistant Director

1957
1955
Career

as First Assistant Director

1954
Adventure in Marienstadt

as Assistant Director

1954
Uczta Baltazara

as First Assistant Director

1951
Za život radostný

as First Assistant Director

1950
Montované stavby

as Director

1950
Dobrý nástup

as Director

Writer

1986
1975
Victory

as Writer

1969
Kierunek Berlin

as Screenplay

1969
Kierunek Berlin

as Dialogue

1969
Ostatnie dni

as Screenplay

1969
Ostatnie dni

as Dialogue

1962
The Verdict

as Screenplay

1950
1950
Montované stavby

as Screenplay

1950
Dobrý nástup

as Screenplay

Actor

1980
Dom

as dyrektor szpitala w Będzinie

1969
More Than Life At Stake Part Three

as Bartender ("Double Nelson") (uncredited)

1967
Big Beat

as Film Director (uncredited)

1955
Career

as Hulewicz's Assistant (uncredited)

1949
The Others Will Follow

as Secret University Student (uncredited)

Art

1970
A Hole in the Ground

as Supervising Art Director

1970
Ferry

as Supervising Art Director

Creator

1974
Janosik

as Creator