Aleksander Hertz
{{Short description|Polish film producer and director}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Aleksander Hertz
| image = Aleksander Hertz.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption =
| 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.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0381076}}
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Category:Polish film producers
Category:Polish film directors
Category:Film people from Warsaw
Category:19th-century Polish Jews
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