Juliusz Gardan was born on November 12, 1901 in Czestochowa, Poland, Russian Empire as Juliusz Gradstein. He was a director and writer, known for Halka (1937), Serce na ulicy (1931) and Doktór Murek (1939). He died on December 29, 1944 in Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, USSR [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan].