Andrzej Munk

16.10.1921, Krakow - 21.09.1961, Łódź

 

Director
After studying architecture and law, in 1950 he graduated from the Polish film school in Łódź (camera and directing). He made many short documentaries such as Kongres kombatantów (1949), Kolejarskie slowo (A Railwayman\'s World, 1953) and the feature documentary Gwiazdy musza plonac (1954). Documentary elements are also present in his feature film debut Blekitny krzyz (Men of Blue Cross, 1955) and his other film Czlowiek na torze (Man on the Tracks, 1957). His biggest successes were films Eroica (Heroism, 1958) and Zezowate szczescie (Bad Luck, 1960). In 1961, his filming of the film Pasazerka (The Passenger, 1963) was interrupted by Munk’s sudden death in a car accident. Director W. Lesiewicz finished the film.

Filmography


Films by this director

Heriosm

(Eroica, 1957)

Directed by: Andrzej Munk
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jerzy Wójcik
Synopsis:

This comical drama tells two stories about courage n Poland during the WW II. In “Scherzo alla Polacca” one man, trying to avoid going to war, starts to work in the black market in order to feed his family. His drunkenness, indolence and cowardice are portrayed in a comical manner as natural behavior in a world gone mad. He unwittingly gets involved in the Polish resistance movement, over time becoming a brave and respected member of the rebels. The second part, “Ostinato Lugubre”, is a story...

b/w, 87 min

Bad Luck

(Zezowate szczescie, 1960)

Directed by: Andrzej Munk
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jerzy Wójcik
Synopsis:

Jan Piszczyk is an ordinary small man who always seems to be at the wrong place in the wrong time. We follow a series of his misfortunes from his childhood days until becoming a member of the Fascist movement. Because of the shape of his nose, he is mistaken for a Jew, which causes him great trouble. He joins the army to impress a girl but that also turns into a problem…

b/w, 92 min
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