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Henryk Szaro

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Henryk Szaro
Szaro in 1931.
Born23 October 1900
Died8 August 1942
Other namesHenoch Szapiro
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1925–1939

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.[1]

Selected filmography

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Director

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References

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  1. ^ Haltof p.11

Bibliography

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  • Haltof, Marek. Polish Film and the Holocaust: Politics and Memory. Berghahn Books, 2012.
  • Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.
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