Knights of the Black Cross
1962
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Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc; 24 November 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire – 4 April 1980 in Naples, Florida, U.S.) was a Polish film director and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II.
Aleksander Ford was born on 24 November 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Five from Barska Street (1954), Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960) and The Eighth Day of the Week (1958).
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- Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
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- Naples, Florida, USA
Aleksander Ford was born on November 24, 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Five from Barska Street (1954), Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960) and The Eighth Day of the Week (1958).
- November 24, 1908
- April 4, 1980
Aleksander Ford was one of the most important filmmakers of his era, but also noteworthy is his fascinating biography – perhaps the most interesting in the history of Polish cinema.
This trend was represented in the series by Aleksander Ford’s Krzyzacy (Black Cross), which culminates in the Battle of Grunwald, in which Polish forces joined with Lithuanians, Czechs, Ukrainians and Tatars to defeat the Knights of the Teutonic Order.
Aleksander Ford was a film director. He was born in 1908 in Kiev and died in 1980 in Naples, Florida. He created Knights of the Teutonic Order – one of the biggest films in the history of Polish cinema. Aleksander Ford was born to a Jewish family in Kiev as Moyshe Lipshutz.
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Key figure of the Polish cinema who established himself in the 1930s with films such as "Legion of the Streets" (1932) and the documentary "Street of the Young" (1936), banned for its controversial depiction of poor and impoverished Poles and Jews. After the end of WWII Ford headed the newly...
