Jerzy Passendorfer

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,^[1] and member of parliament.

Passendorfer graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague^[2] in 1951, and went on to become the leading exponent of the popular "national combatant" genre in the 1960s.^[3] As well as many films he directed the popular TV serial Janosik.^[4]

Passendorfer served in the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, from 1993 to 1997 on the Democratic Left Alliance list.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Zmarł Jerzy Passendorfer". Gazeta Wyborcza. 22 February 2003. http://szukaj.wyborcza.pl/archiwum/1,0,2006228.html. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
2. ^ Kuszewski, Stanisław (1978). Contemporary Polish film. Interpress. p. 11. OCLC 6041011. 
3. ^ "Batalistyczne superprodukcje z czasów PRL-u w Kino Polska". Stopklatka. 2 March 2010. http://www.stopklatka.pl/wydarzenia/wydarzenie.asp?wi=63593. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
4. ^ "Zmarł reżyser filmów wojennych i "Janosika"". Onet. 21 February 2003. http://film.onet.pl/0,0,656666,wiadomosci.html. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
5. ^ "Poseł Jerzy Passendorfer". Archivum Danych o Posłach. Kancelaria Sejmu. http://orka.sejm.gov.pl/ArchAll2.nsf/2RP/469. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 

External links

• Jerzy Passendorfer at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Passendorfer, Jerzy
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Date of birth	1923
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Date of death	2003
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