Jerzy Passendorfer

Directing

Jerzy Passendorfer

Born — Died

1923-04-08 — 2003-02-20

Place of birth

Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Known for

Directing

Credits

35 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 2 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Verdict poster
9.0

An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.

The Verdict

1962

The Verdict poster
9.0

An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.

The Verdict

1962

No artwork available
NR

A man has a day he would rather forget. From the very morning, nothing seems to go his way. Told through pantomime and slapstick, this short film was produced at the Se-Ma-For Studio in Łódź, starring Kazimierz Brusikiewicz, with music by Krzysztof Komeda.

Piegowaty Dzień

1962

The Attempt poster
7.0

Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.

The Attempt

1959

Zabijcie czarną owcę poster
9.0

Young man struggles with being rejected by society.

Zabijcie czarną owcę

1972

Niedziela sprawiedliwości poster
7.5

A prosecutor takes up a post in a small town where he has to deal with corruption and murder.

Niedziela sprawiedliwości

1966

The Lost Bridge poster
8.0

Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.

The Lost Bridge

1963

Barwy walki poster
9.0

Świętokrzyskie Mountains, 1944. A People's Army unit receives orders to transport a party delegate outside the front line, while heavy fighting is going on between the Germans and resistance fighters in the region.

Barwy walki

1964

Mewy (fragmenty życiorysu) poster
7.0

Contemporary Poland. Teenager Zosia Zadora decides to start an adult life. She runs away from home, settles with two friends in the Tri-City. Here she experiences her first love. The sympathizer, twenty-year-old Kostek, turns out to be the head of a criminal group. Zosia's roommates are involved in the procedure. When Kostek is arrested, the girl, after some hesitation, becomes a prostitute. She tries to hide her profession from a young sailor she met, Stefan Janiak, with whom she began to have feelings. One day the man learns the truth.

Mewy (fragmenty życiorysu)

1986

Mewy (fragmenty życiorysu) poster
7.0

Contemporary Poland. Teenager Zosia Zadora decides to start an adult life. She runs away from home, settles with two friends in the Tri-City. Here she experiences her first love. The sympathizer, twenty-year-old Kostek, turns out to be the head of a criminal group. Zosia's roommates are involved in the procedure. When Kostek is arrested, the girl, after some hesitation, becomes a prostitute. She tries to hide her profession from a young sailor she met, Stefan Janiak, with whom she began to have feelings. One day the man learns the truth.

Mewy (fragmenty życiorysu)

1986

No artwork available
NR

Document about the new organization and mechanization of construction in Czechoslovakia according to the Soviet model.

Dobrý nástup

1950

No artwork available
NR

Document about the new organization and mechanization of construction in Czechoslovakia according to the Soviet model.

Dobrý nástup

1950

Kierunek Berlin poster
7.4

Polish Army takes part in the Berlin Operation in the final weeks of World War 2.

Kierunek Berlin

1969

Kierunek Berlin poster
7.4

Polish Army takes part in the Berlin Operation in the final weeks of World War 2.

Kierunek Berlin

1969

Signals poster
6.5

A taxi driver decides to take part in a robbery to earn money for the treatment of his sick wife.

Signals

1959

The Return poster
6.0

A former World War 2 resistance fighter returns to Poland to reconnect with his old comrades, but finds out they have moved on with their lives and have no time for him.

The Return

1960

Big Beat poster
4.7

At Kuba's wedding an unknown woman comes up to him and accuses him of cheating on her. This causes Kuba's soon-to-be wife, Majka, to leave him. It turns out that the woman, Lola, confused Kuba with his boyfriend, famous guitarist Johnny, so Kuba embarks on a journey to find him and prove his innocence.

Big Beat

1967

Skąpani w ogniu poster
6.8

Captain Sowiński finds himself on the Recovered Territories in 1945, right in the midst of local conflicts stemming from Poles settling there.

Skąpani w ogniu

1963

No artwork available
10.0

The film is set in the summer of 1944. The Home Army branch operating in the Sądecki region is decimated by the Germans during an attempt to take over the drop of weapons and ammunition from England. About 20 soldiers break out of the encirclement, including the commander - Major "Dziadek" - and his deputy - Captain Stańczyk. Partisans are trying to get to the ruins of a nearby castle, where the last ammo crate is supposed to have landed.

Day of Purification

1970

Operation "Brutus" poster
9.0

Jaruga, the chief of the local branch of Security Office leads a fight against a Home Army unit led by a man known as Boruta and begins to suspect that one of his men was planted by the insurgents. Another Security Office agent arrives to uncover the conspiracy and deal the final blow to Boruta.

Operation "Brutus"

1971

Victory poster
7.5

This film was created by combining and shortening the films Kierunek Berlin (Destination Berlin) and Ostatnie dni (The Last Days). It presents the final phase of the great offensive of 1945, which ended with the capture of Berlin, from the perspective of a private soldier of the First Polish Army.

Victory

1975

Victory poster
7.5

This film was created by combining and shortening the films Kierunek Berlin (Destination Berlin) and Ostatnie dni (The Last Days). It presents the final phase of the great offensive of 1945, which ended with the capture of Berlin, from the perspective of a private soldier of the First Polish Army.

Victory

1975

Janosik poster
7.6

In the early 19th century, the legendary Tatra brigand Janosik defies the oppressive local nobility and Austrian troops by robbing the rich to give to the poor, becoming a folk hero among the peasants.

Janosik

1974

No artwork available
9.0

Documentary report about the construction of a house in Ostrava from prefabricated blocks manufactured at the factory.

Montované stavby

1950

No artwork available
9.0

Documentary report about the construction of a house in Ostrava from prefabricated blocks manufactured at the factory.

Montované stavby

1950

Skarb kapitana Martensa poster
7.0

A ship crew fight over a deceased captain's notebook, believing that it contains clues to find a treasure.

Skarb kapitana Martensa

1957

Ostatnie dni poster
7.0

As the Polish Army continues its march into Berlin corporal Naróg is tasked with delivering important documents to the staff headquarters.

Ostatnie dni

1969

Ostatnie dni poster
7.0

As the Polish Army continues its march into Berlin corporal Naróg is tasked with delivering important documents to the staff headquarters.

Ostatnie dni

1969