Ryszard Ordynski
Polish film director
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Ryszard Ordynski (October 5, 1878 – August 13, 1953) was a Polish actor, writer and theatre and film director.[1] He spent many several spells outside his native country. In Berlin he worked with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater. During the Second Polish Republic he was a noted director.[2] Of Polish background, he left for Paris in 1937 and then following the German invasion of France he went to Hollywood.
Born
5 October 1878
Dawid Blumenfeld
5 October 1878
OthernamesRichard Ordynski
OccupationsDirector, actor, writer
He was briefly married to the German actress Camilla Eibenschütz.
Selected filmography
- The Rose of Blood (1917)
- Pan Tadeusz (1928)
- The Ten from Pawiak Prison (1931)
- The Palace on Wheels (1932)
- American Adventure (1936)