Aleksander Zelwerowicz (14 August 1877 in Lublin – 18 June 1955 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor, director, theatre president and a teacher. He received the Order of Polonia Restituta and is one of the Polish Righteous among the Nations.[1]
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Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy is named after him.
He is buried at the Powązki Cemetery.
Selected filmography edit
- Obrona Częstochowy (1913)
- Ochrana warszawska i jej tajemnice (1916)
- Huragan (1928)
- Księżna Łowicka (1932)
- Dzieje grzechu (1933)
- Serce matki (1938)
- Wrzos (1938)
- Doctor Murek (1939)
- The Three Hearts (1939)
External links edit
- (in Polish) Olga Katafiasz, Legendy polskiego teatru - Aleksander Zelwerowicz, Dziennik Teatralny, 25 July 2001
References edit
- ^ Aleksander Zelwerowicz - his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
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