Andrzej Munk
Directing·October 16, 1921·† September 20, 1961 — 39 years old·Kraków, małopolskie, Polska
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
Passenger
1963·7.3
Bad Luck
1960·6.8
Eroica
1958·6.9
Man on the Tracks
1957·6.9
A Walk in the Old City of Warsaw
1958·6.4
Men of the Blue Cross
1955·6.2
Sunday Morning
1955·6.5
A Railwayman's Word
1953·6.4
Destination - Nowa Huta!
1951·5.7
The Stars Must Burn
1954·8.0
Polish Film Chronicle 59/52AB
1959·7.0
A Fairy Tale
1952·8.0
Filmography · 20
—It Began in SpainDirector2025The Passenger Andrzej MunkSelf (archive footage)2000Last PicturesSelf (archive footage)1972Con bravuraDirector1963PassengerDirector · Screenplay1960Bad LuckDirector1959Polish Film Chronicle 59/52ABDirector1958EroicaDirector1958A Walk in the Old City of WarsawMan in a Phone Booth (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay1957Man on the TracksDirector · Writer1955Men of the Blue CrossDirector · Writer1955Sunday MorningSleeping Passenger (uncredited) · Director · Screenplay1954The Stars Must BurnWriter · Director1953A Railwayman's WordWriter · Director1952A Fairy TaleDirector1952Peasant DiariesWriter · Director1951Science Closer to LifeDirector · Cinematography1951Destination - Nowa Huta!Director1951Maj pracy walki pokojuDirector of Photography1950Young ArtDirector · Writer