About Henryk Szaro
Lived 1900 – 1942 (aged 41). Henryk Szaro was a Polish film director, screenwriter, theatre director and director.
Henryk Szaro (1900 – 1942) was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He was born Henoch Szapiro, of Jewish background. He became a leading Polish director of the late 1920 and 1930s. Szaro was killed in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 during the German Occupation of Poland in the Second World War.
Selected filmography Director Rivals (1925) The Call of the Sea (1927) The Wild Girl (1928) A Strong Man (1929) Exile to Siberia (1930) The Story of Sin (1933) Pan Twardowski (1936) Count Michorowski (1937) The Vow (1937) Three Troublemakers (1937) Krystyna's Lie (1939)
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Who was Henryk Szaro?
Polish film director
When was Henryk Szaro born?
Henryk Szaro was born on 21 October 1900 in Warsaw.
When did Henryk Szaro die?
Henryk Szaro died on 8 August 1942 in Warsaw.
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Henryk Szaro was a film director, screenwriter, theatre director and director.
What nationality was Henryk Szaro?
Henryk Szaro was Polish.
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