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Andrzej Munk

Andrzej Munk

Known for
Directing
Born
October 16, 1921, Kraków, małopolskie, Polska
Died
September 20, 1961
Movies
20

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.

Upcoming Andrzej Munk Movies

Best-Known Movies

Filmography

2026The Passenger Andrzej MunkSelf (archive footage)
2000Last PicturesSelf (archive footage)
1958A Walk in the Old City of WarsawMan in a Phone Booth (uncredited)
1955Sunday MorningSleeping Passenger (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1972Con bravuraDirector
1963PassengerDirector, Screenplay
1960Bad LuckDirector
1959Polish Film Chronicle 59/52ABDirector
1958EroicaDirector
1958A Walk in the Old City of WarsawDirector, Screenplay
1957Man on the TracksDirector, Writer
1955Men of the Blue CrossDirector, Writer
1955Sunday MorningDirector, Screenplay
1954The Stars Must BurnWriter, Director
1953A Railwayman's WordWriter, Director
1952A Fairy TaleDirector
1952Peasant DiariesWriter, Director
1951Science Closer to LifeDirector
1951Destination - Nowa Huta!Director
1950Young ArtDirector, Writer

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