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Aliases: Ежи Пассендорфер

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 2


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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.

Most Famous Work

Janosik
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Janosik

(1974) Director
Uczta Baltazara
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Uczta Baltazara

(1954) First Assistant Director
Big Beat
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5

Big Beat

(1967) Director
Career
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Career

(1955) First Assistant Director
Operation "Brutus"
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Operation "Brutus"

(1971) Director
Janosik
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8

Janosik

(1974) Director
Barwy walki
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Barwy walki

(1964) Director
The Lost Bridge
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The Lost Bridge

(1963) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1980 dyrektor szpitala w Będzinie
1974 N/A
1969 Bartender ("Double Nelson") (uncredited)
1967 Film Director (uncredited)
1958 N/A
1955 Hulewicz's Assistant (uncredited)
1949 Secret University Student (uncredited)
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