Aleksander Hertz

{{Short description|Polish film producer and director}}

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| name = Aleksander Hertz

| image = Aleksander Hertz.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

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| birth_date = 1879

| birth_place = Warsaw, Congress Poland

| death_date = 26 January 1928

| death_place = Warsaw, Poland

| othername =

| occupation = Director
Producer

| yearsactive = 1911 - 1927

}}

Aleksander Hertz (1879–1928) was a Polish film producer and director. Hertz was an influential figure in early Polish cinema, directing films such as the historical Countess Walewska in 1914.Liehm & Liehm p.13 He founded the "Sfinks" film company. Hertz was of Jewish heritage.

Selected filmography

=Director=

  • Countess Walewska (1914)
  • Bestia (1917)
  • Ludzie bez jutra (People with no Tomorrow){{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/232474,Rediscovered-Polish-film-set-for-21st-century-premiere|publisher=thenews.pl|title=Rediscovered Polish film set for 21st century premiere - Radio Poland :: News from Poland|accessdate=2017-02-05}}

References

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Bibliography

  • Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977.