Józef Lejtes (1901–1983) was a Polish
screenwriter
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and
film director
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. He later worked in
Israel
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and the
United States
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.
Selected filmography
Poland:
* ''
Huragan'' (1928)
* ''
Z dnia na dzień'' (1929)
* ''
Dzikie pola'' (1932)
* ''
Pod Twoją obronę'' (1933)
* ''
Młody las'' (1934)
* ''
Córka generała Pankratowa
''Córka generała Pankratowa'' (''The General Pankratov's Daughter'') is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1934.
Cast
* Nora Ney - Aniuta
* Franciszek Brodniewicz - Bolesław
* Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski - general Pankratov
* ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Dzień wielkiej przygody'' (1935)
* ''
Barbara Radziwiłłówna'' (1936)
* ''
Róża'' (1936)
* ''
Granica'' (1938)
* ''
Sygnały'' (1938)
* ''
Kościuszko pod Racławicami
''Kościuszko pod Racławicami'' is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1938.
Cast
* Tadeusz Białoszczyński – Tadeusz Kościuszko
* Franciszek Dominiak – Wojciech Głowacki
* Bogusław Samborski – brigadier Antoni Madaliń ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Od Latrum do Gazali
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'' (1942)
Israel:
* ''
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'' (1947)
* ''
Wielka obietnica Wielka may refer to:
Places in Poland
* Wielka Klonia
* Wielka Komorza
* Wielka Lipa
* Wielka Nieszawka
* Wielka Słońca
* Wielka Wieś
* Wielka Wola
* Wielka Łąka
Other
*Wielka Krokiew
Wielka Krokiew (''The Great Krokiew'', in Polish ''kro ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Nie ma wyboru'' (1949)
* ''
Ein Breira
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* Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia, a lesion of the uterine lining
* Equivalent input noise, of a microphone
* European Informatics Network, a 1970s computer netw ...
'' (1949)
United States:
* ''
The Faithful City
''The Faithful City'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by Józef Lejtes and written by Józef Lejtes and Ben Barzman. The film stars Jamie Smith, Ben Josef, John Slater, Rahel Marcus, Dina Doron and Didi Ramati. The film was released on Apr ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Krzywda i zemsta
Krzywda may refer to the following places:
*Krzywda, Lublin Voivodeship
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'' (1954)
* ''
Passion'' (1954)
* ''
Dolina tajemnicy
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Places
;Austria
* Dolina (Grafenstein), a village in the Municipality of Grafenstein, Carinthia, southern Austria
;Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Dolina, Zav ...
'' (1967)
* ''
The Counterfeit Killer
''The Counterfeit Killer'' is a 1968 American crime film directed by Józef Lejtes and written by Steven Bochco and Harold Clements. The film stars Jack Lord, Shirley Knight, Jack Weston, Charles Drake, Joseph Wiseman and Don Hanmer. The film wa ...
'' (1968)
Bibliography
* Skaff, Sheila. ''The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939''. Ohio University Press, 2008.
External links
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1901 births
1983 deaths
Polish film directors
Film people from Warsaw
20th-century Polish screenwriters
Male screenwriters
20th-century Polish male writers
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