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Other names
  
Jacques Rotmil

Years active
  
1919–1940


Name
  
Jacek Rotmil

Role
  
Production Designer

Born
  
24 November 1888
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Occupation
  
Art directorProduction designer

Died
  
July 31, 1944, Warsaw, Poland

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Jacek Rotmil (1888–1944) was a Russian-born art director and production designer who worked on 100 films during his career Following the First World War, Rotmil entered the booming German film industry and worked prolifically until 1933. Following the Nazi rise to power Rotmil went into exile in Poland where he was employed frequently on Polish and Yiddish productions. He had first become involved in the Polish film industry in 1930 when working on the sound version of the Polish film Exile to Siberia in Berlin.

After the Germans took over Poland in 1939, Rotmil went into hiding. He was later arrested and executed in Pawiak prison shortly before the Warsaw Uprising. He was one of a large number of Polish film personnel to die during the Second World War.

References

Jacek Rotmil Wikipedia


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