Jerzy Passendorfer

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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.

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1986
Mewy (fragmenty życiorysu)
Movie Director
1980
Dom
TV show dyrektor szpitala w Będzinie
1975
Victory
Movie Writer
1974
Janosik
TV show
1974
Janosik
Movie Director
1972
Zabijcie czarną owcę
Movie Director
1971
Operation "Brutus"
Movie Director
1970
Ferry
Movie Supervising Art Director
1970
A Hole in the Ground
Movie Supervising Art Director
1970
Day of Purification
Movie Director
1969
More Than Life At Stake Part Three
Movie Bartender ("Double Nelson") (uncredited)
1969
Ostatnie dni
Movie Dialogue
1969
Kierunek Berlin
Movie Director
1967
Big Beat
Movie Film Director (uncredited)
1966
Niedziela sprawiedliwości
Movie Director
1964
Barwy walki
Movie Director