Henryk Szaro
Henryk Szaro (born 21st October 1900 in Warsaw as Enoch Szapiro ; died 1942 in Warsaw Ghetto ) was a Jewish - Polish film director .
Life
Enoch was born in Warsaw in 1900 to a Jewish family. He graduated from high school in Saratov and studied engineering in Petrograd . There he also became a student of the theater director W. Meyerhold .
In 1923 he went to Berlin and played in a cabaret for Russian emigrants. In 1924 he moved to Warsaw. He started working as a film director. Between 1925 and 1939 he directed a total of 15 feature films, including two Yiddish films. He was a co-founder of the Association of Polish Film Producers and one of the most important filmmakers in Poland between the wars. He became an honorary member of the French Union des Artistes Cinematographiques .
In 1939 he went to Vilnius after the invasion of the German Wehrmacht . From 1942 he lived in the Warsaw ghetto . There he was shot dead on the street between April and August.
Web links
- Henryk Szaro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Lamed wow (1925) and Kties Chaf (1937)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Szaro, Henryk |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Szapiro, Enoch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish-Polish film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1942 |
| Place of death | Warsaw Ghetto |