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Andrzej Munk

Director

Andrzej Munk

Born October 16, 1921 in Kraków, małopolskie, PolskaDied September 20, 196117 films

Andrzej Munk (16 October 1921 – 20 September 1961) was a Polish film director, screen writer and documentalist. He was one of the most influential artists of the post-Stalinist period in the People's Republic of Poland. His feature films Man on the Tracks (Człowiek na torze, 1956), Eroica (Heroism, 1958), Bad Luck (Zezowate szczęście, 1960), and Passenger (Pasażerka 1963), are considered classics of the Polish Film School developed in mid-1950s. He died as a result of a car crash in Kompina in a head-on collision with a truck.

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Filmography

17 films as director
  1. TBAIt Began in SpainDirector
  2. 1972Con bravuraDirector
  3. 1963PassengerDirector
  4. 1960Bad LuckDirector
  5. 1959Polish Film Chronicle 59/52ABDirector
  6. 1958EroicaDirector
  7. 1958A Walk in the Old City of WarsawDirector
  8. 1957Man on the TracksDirector
  9. 1955Men of the Blue CrossDirector
  10. 1955Sunday MorningDirector
  11. 1954The Stars Must BurnDirector
  12. 1953A Railwayman's WordDirector
  13. 1952A Fairy TaleDirector
  14. 1952Peasant DiariesDirector
  15. 1951Science Closer to LifeDirector
  16. 1951Destination - Nowa Huta!Director
  17. 1950Young ArtDirector