Henryk Szaro (1900 – 1942) was a Polish

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and

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. He was born Henoch Szapiro, of Jewish background. He became a leading Polish director of the late 1920 and 1930s. Szaro was killed in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 during the German Occupation of Poland in the Second World War.Haltof p.11

Selected filmography

Director

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Exile to Siberia ''Exile to Siberia'' (Polish: ''Na Sybir'') is a Polish historical film directed by Henryk Szaro and starring Adam Brodzisz, Jadwiga Smosarska and Mieczysław Frenkiel. It was released in 1930. The film's art direction was by Józef Galewski ...

'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Ordynat Michorowski'' (1937) * '' The Vow'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937)

References

Bibliography

Haltof, Marek Marek Haltof (Józef Marek Haltof, born 1957 in Cieszyn, Poland,) is a professor ( dr.hab.) of film studies. specializing in the cultural histories of Polish and Australian film. He studied at the University of Silesia ( Uniwersytet Śląski) in P ...

. ''Polish Film and the Holocaust: Politics and Memory''. Berghahn Books, 2012. * Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press, 2008.

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