Jerzy Passendorfer Explained

Jerzy Passendorfer (April 8, 1923 in Wilno – February 20, 2003 in Skolimów, near Warsaw, Poland)^[1] was a Polish film director, specialising in films about the German occupation of Poland in World War II,^[2] and member of parliament.

Passendorfer graduated from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague^[3] in 1951, and went on to become the leading exponent of the popular "national combatant" genre in the 1960s.^[4] As well as many films he directed the popular TV serial Janosik.^{[5] [6]}

Passendorfer served in the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, from 1993 to 1997 on the Democratic Left Alliance list.^[7]

Filmography

• Treasure of Captain Martens (1957) by novel of Janusz Meissner
• Signals (1959)
• Assassination (1959)
• The Return (1960)
• Judgment (1961) by novel of Jerzy Przeździecki
• Broken Bridge (1962) by novel of Roman Bratny
• Bathed in Fire (1963) by novel of Wojciech Żukrowski
• The Colors of the Fight (1964) by novel of Mieczysław Moczar
• Justice Sunday (1965)
• The Strong Hit (1966)
• Heading to Berlin (1968) by novel Wojciech Żukrowski
• The Day of the Purification (1969) by novel of Jerzy Przeździecki
• The Last Days (1969)
• Kill the Black Sheep (1971) by novel of Ryszard Kłyś
• Janosik (1974)
• Victory (1974)
• Seagulls (1986) by novel of Stanisław Goszczurny

External links

• • Jerzy Passendorfer at the Filmpolski Database.

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0664846/ Jerzy Passendorfer
2. News: Zmarł Jerzy Passendorfer . . 22 February 2003 . 14 March 2010 .
3. Book: Kuszewski, Stanisław . Contemporary Polish film . 11 . 1978 . Interpress . 6041011 .
4. News: Batalistyczne superprodukcje z czasów PRL-u w Kino Polska . Stopklatka . 2 March 2010 . 14 March 2010 . 21 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721063022/http://www.stopklatka.pl/wydarzenia/wydarzenie.asp?wi=63593 . dead .
5. News: Zmarł reżyser filmów wojennych i "Janosika" . https://archive.today/20120709031346/http://film.onet.pl/0,0,656666,wiadomosci.html . dead . 9 July 2012 . . 21 February 2003 . 14 March 2010 .
6. News: Jerzy Passendorfer . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jerzy-passendorfer-5353232.html . 2022-06-08 . subscription . live . . 27 May 2003 . 10 February 2017.
7. Web site: Poseł Jerzy Passendorfer . Archiwum Danych o Posłach . Kancelaria Sejmu . 14 March 2010 .