Józef Lejtes
Józef Lejtes (22 November 1901 – 27 May 1983) was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He later worked in Israel and the United States.
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Józef Lejtes

Czesław Kuryatto · Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe · Public domain
- Name
- Józef Lejtes
- Born
- 22 November 1901
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Died
- 27 May 1983
- Place of death
- Santa Monica, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, film director
- Nationality
- Poland
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Józef Lejtes • Born — 22 November 1901 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Died — 27 May 1983 • Place of death — Santa Monica, California, U.S. • Occupation — Screenwriter, film director • Years Active — 1928–1970
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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 (1934) • Dzień wielkiej przygody (1935) • Barbara Radziwiłłówna (1936) • Róża (1936) • The Girls from Nowolipki (1937) • The Line (1938) • Sygnały (1938) • Kościuszko pod Racławicami (1938) • Od Latrum do Gazali (1942) Israel: • My Father's House (1947) • Wielka obietnica (1947) • Nie ma wyboru (1949) • Ein Breira (1949) United States: • The Faithful City (1952) • Krzywda i zemsta (1954) • Passion (1954) • Dolina tajemnicy (1967) • The Counterfeit Killer (1968)

Film director Józef Lejtes, publicist and theater scholar Michał Orlicz, and cinematographer Franz Weihmayr browse the Swiatowid weekly in a street in Berlin.
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