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Andrzej Munk

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Andrzej Munk

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Oct 16, 1921 (104 years old)

Place of Birth

Kraków, małopolskie, Polska

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting
2025The 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
1972Con bravuraDirector
1963PassengerDirector
1960Bad LuckDirector
1959Polish Film Chronicle 59/52ABDirector
1958EroicaDirector
1958A Walk in the Old City of WarsawDirector
1957Man on the TracksDirector
1955Men of the Blue CrossDirector
1955Sunday MorningDirector
1954The Stars Must BurnDirector
1953A Railwayman's WordDirector
1952A Fairy TaleDirector
1952Peasant DiariesDirector
1951Science Closer to LifeDirector
1951Destination - Nowa Huta!Director
1950Young ArtDirector
-It Began in SpainDirector
Writing
1963PassengerScreenplay
1958A Walk in the Old City of WarsawScreenplay
1957Man on the TracksWriter
1955Sunday MorningScreenplay
1955Men of the Blue CrossWriter
1954The Stars Must BurnWriter
1953A Railwayman's WordWriter
1952Peasant DiariesWriter
1950Young ArtWriter
Crew
1951Science Closer to LifeCinematography