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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.

Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy is named after him.

He is buried at the Powązki Cemetery.

Selected filmography

• Obrona Częstochowy (1913)
• Ochrana warszawska i jej tajemnice (1916)
• Huragan (1928)
• A Strong Man (1929)
• Księżna Łowicka (1932)
• Dzieje grzechu (1933)
• Serce matki (1938)
• Wrzos (1938)
• Doctor Murek (1939)
• The Three Hearts (1939)

External links

• (in Polish) Olga Katafiasz, Legendy polskiego teatru - Aleksander Zelwerowicz, Dziennik Teatralny, 25 July 2001

References

1. Aleksander Zelwerowicz - his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website

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