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Józef Lejtes

Born November 22, 1901 · Warsaw, Russian Empire [now Poland]

Died May 27, 1983 · aged 81

Józef Lejtes was a Hungarian-born film director and screenwriter who made significant contributions to European and American cinema. He began his career in the Hungarian film industry in the 1920s, directing several notable films. Lejtes emigrated to the United States in the 1940s, where he continued his directing career. He directed episodes for television series such as Bonanza and Perry Mason. …

Known For

Young ForestYoung Forest · 1934
Young Forest
★ 5.81934
MovieDrama
In the beginning of the 20th century, Polish students are fully aware that the education system is not one in which the truth is taught, but rather one their government wants them to learn. A student contradicts his professor's stance that Suworow was one of Poland's greatest leaders. The argument between the two eventually leads to a wide strike.
PassionPassion · 1954
Passion
★ 5.41954
MovieAdventureWestern
In old Spanish California, dashing cattleman Juan Obregon returns to the rancho of his friend Gaspar Melo, to find he's fathered a son on Rosa, one of Gaspar's identical twin daughters. Overjoyed, he plans to formalize his "unofficial" marriage. But trouble brews; Melo's land is of unclear title and the new Don Domingo hopes to grab it for his own profit. Violence results. Without even knowing who survived, Juan (accompanied by Rosa's tomboy sister Tonya) rides for revenge, through spectacular pastoral and wilderness scenery.
GranicaGranica · 1938
Granica
★ 7.01938
MovieDramaRomance
Zenon Ziembiewicz comes back to his hometown after graduating from the university in Paris. He gets entangled in a love triangle with educated young lady Elzbieta and a common country girl Justyna who gets pregnant.
Valley of MysteryValley of Mystery · 1967
Valley of Mystery
★ 7.51967
MovieActionAdventure
A Meridian Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, stranding 130 passengers and crew in hostile surroundings.
Burza nad ZakopanemBurza nad Zakopanem · 1930
Burza nad Zakopanem
1930
MovieDrama
The peak of the sun is in the High Tatras. The mountain guide Carlo tried to climb it several times without success. When he finally gets it, he thinks that nobody else has to raise it and develops a special feeling with the mountain. When the Americans MacAllan, his daughter, and the engineer Harry West arrive at Zakopane with the project to build a cable car on the mountain, Carlo rejects it, because he considers the mountain of his property, a kind of sanctuary. Finally, he lives an experience that can make him change his mind. There is another version of the film titled Der Bergführer von Zakopane, shot the same year in German.
The Counterfeit KillerThe Counterfeit Killer · 1968
The Counterfeit Killer
★ 8.01968
MovieCrimeDrama
A Secret Service agent poses as a waterfront hit man to infiltrate a global ring of counterfeiters.
Girls of NowolipkiGirls of Nowolipki · 1937
Girls of Nowolipki
★ 6.21937
MovieDrama
Bronka, Franka, Amelka and Kwiryna are four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw and going to the same school. They all fight for a better future but what the future brings is usually disappointment, sometimes even tragedy.
Pod Twoją obronęPod Twoją obronę · 1933
Pod Twoją obronę
1933
MovieDrama
Jan Polaski, after graduating from an aviation school, returns to his hometown as an aviation officer.

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