Jerzy Passendorfer

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