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.

Directed

1. Janosik (1974) — Director
2. Janosik (1974) — Director
3. The Attempt (1959) — Director
4. Big Beat (1967) — Director
5. The Return (1960) — Director
6. Kierunek Berlin (1969) — Director
7. Signals (1959) — Director
8. Skąpani w ogniu (1963) — Director
9. Niedziela sprawiedliwości (1966) — Director
10. Skarb kapitana Martensa (1957) — Director
11. Mewy (fragmenty życiorysu) (1986) — Director
12. Ostatnie dni (1969) — Director
13. Victory (1975) — Director
14. Montované stavby (1950) — Director
15. Zabijcie czarną owcę (1972) — Director
16. The Verdict (1962) — Director
17. The Lost Bridge (1963) — Director
18. Day of Purification (1970) — Director
19. Barwy walki (1964) — Director
20. Operation "Brutus" (1971) — Director
21. Dobrý nástup (1950) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Janosik (1974)
2. Dom (1980) — dyrektor szpitala w Będzinie
3. Big Beat (1967) — Film Director (uncredited)
4. What Will My Wife Say to This? (1958)
5. Career (1955) — Hulewicz's Assistant (uncredited)
6. The Others Will Follow (1949) — Secret University Student (uncredited)
7. More Than Life At Stake Part Three (1969) — Bartender ("Double Nelson") (uncredited)