Andrzej Munk
Known for
Directing
Born
October 16, 1921
Birthplace
Kraków, małopolskie, Polska
Died
September 20, 1961 (aged 39)
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.
Best known work
Passenger
1963
Bad Luck
1960
Eroica
1958
Man on the Tracks
1957
A Walk in the Old City of Warsaw
1958
Men of the Blue Cross
1955
Sunday Morning
1955
A Railwayman's Word
1953
Destination - Nowa Huta!
1951
The Stars Must Burn
1954Filmography
TBA
It Began in SpainDirector
2025
The Passenger Andrzej Munkas Self (archive footage)
2000
Last Picturesas Self (archive footage)
1972
Con bravuraDirector
1963
PassengerDirector, Screenplay
1960
Bad LuckDirector
1959
Polish Film Chronicle 59/52ABDirector
1958
EroicaDirector
1958
A Walk in the Old City of Warsawas Man in a Phone Booth (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
1957
Man on the TracksDirector, Writer
1955
Men of the Blue CrossDirector, Writer
1955
Sunday Morningas Sleeping Passenger (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
1954
The Stars Must BurnWriter, Director
1953
A Railwayman's WordWriter, Director
1952
A Fairy TaleDirector
1952
Peasant DiariesWriter, Director
1951
Science Closer to LifeDirector, Cinematography
1951
Destination - Nowa Huta!Director
1951
Maj pracy walki pokojuDirector of Photography
1950
Young ArtDirector, Writer