Witold Lesiewicz (9 September 1922 – 23 March 2012) was a Polish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed 24 films between 1949 and 1979. He completed the work on the 1963 film ''

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'' after the death of director

Andrzej Munk Andrzej Munk (16 October 1921 – 20 September 1961) was a Polish film director, screen writer and documentalist. He was one of the most influential artists of the post-Stalinist period in the People's Republic of Poland. His feature films '' Ma ...

Selected filmography

* '' Deserter'' (1958) * ''

Rok pierwszy ''Rok pierwszy'' is a 1960 Polish drama film directed by Witold Lesiewicz. Cast * Stanisław Zaczyk as sierzant Lukasz Otryna * Leszek Herdegen as kapral Józef Dunajec * Aleksandra Śląska Aleksandra Śląska (4 November 1925 – 18 ...

'' (1960) * ''

Kwiecień Kwiecień () is a Polish surname which means "April". Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Kwiecień (born 1964), Polish politician * Bartosz Kwiecień (born 1994), Polish footballer * Konrad Kwiecień (born 1964), Polish archer * M ...

'' (1961) * ''

'' (1963) * ''

Nieznany ''Nieznany'' (''Unknown'') is a 1964 Polish film, directed by Witold Lesiewicz. A war film set in a Soviet labour camp. The action of the film takes place in 1943. Two Poles escape from the Soviet labor camp. Their goal is to get to the Polish A ...

'' (1964) * '' Bolesław Śmiały'' (1971) * '' Doctor Murek'' (1979)

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* 1922 births 2012 deaths Polish film directors Polish screenwriters People from Białystok People from Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939) {{Poland-film-director-stub