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Jerzy Hoffman
Director 94 years old

Jerzy Hoffman

Cracow, Poland

Jerzy Julian Hoffman is a Polish film director and screenwriter. Hoffman was born to Jewish parents Zygmunt Hoffman and Maria Schmelkes. His 1965 film Three Steps on Earth was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. His 1969 film... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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7 titles
1920 Bitwa Warszawska

1920 Bitwa Warszawska

Jerzy Hoffman 2011 1h 55m 5.5

Poland's winning battle against Soviet Russia as seen through the eyes of two young protagonists, Ola and Jan. She is a Warsaw cabaret dancer, while he is a cavalry officer and poet who believes in socialist ideals

Stara basn. Kiedy slonce bylo bogiem

Stara basn. Kiedy slonce bylo bogiem

Jerzy Hoffman 2003 1h 47m

In IX century Europe, on the brink of Poland's birth, a cruel prince, Popiel, murders his cousins to ensure his son's succession. His crimes lead to an uprising of his subjects lead by the former commander of Popiel's army, Piastun, and a young hunter and warrior, Ziemowit.

Ogniem i mieczem

Ogniem i mieczem

Jerzy Hoffman 1999 2h 55m 8.5

In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Cossack rebellion against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Znachor

Znachor

Jerzy Hoffman 1982 2h 8m

A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.

Potop

Potop

Jerzy Hoffman 1974 4h 47m 10.0

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.

Pan Wołodyjowski

Pan Wołodyjowski

Jerzy Hoffman 1969 2h 28m 8.0

In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.

Gangsterzy i filantropi

Gangsterzy i filantropi

Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski 1963 1h 22m

The movie consists of two satirical novel based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.

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