Andrzej Munk
Directing
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.
Filmography
Acting (4)
2025
The Passenger Andrzej Munkas Self (archive footage)
2000
Last Picturesas Self (archive footage)
1958
A Walk in the Old City of Warsawas Man in a Phone Booth (uncredited)
6.4
1955
Sunday Morningas Sleeping Passenger (uncredited)
6.5
Production & Directing (28)
1972
Con bravuraDirector
1963
PassengerDirector
7.3
1963
PassengerScreenplay
7.3
1960
Bad LuckDirector
6.8
1959
Polish Film Chronicle 59/52ABDirector
7.0
1958
EroicaDirector
6.9
1958
A Walk in the Old City of WarsawDirector
6.4
1958
A Walk in the Old City of WarsawScreenplay
6.4
1957
Man on the TracksDirector
6.9
1957
Man on the TracksWriter
6.9
1955
Men of the Blue CrossDirector
6.2
1955
Men of the Blue CrossWriter
6.2
1955
Sunday MorningDirector
6.5
1955
Sunday MorningScreenplay
6.5
1954
The Stars Must BurnWriter
8.0
1954
The Stars Must BurnDirector
8.0
1953
A Railwayman's WordWriter
6.4
1953
A Railwayman's WordDirector
6.4
1952
A Fairy TaleDirector
8.0
1952
Peasant DiariesWriter
10.0
1952
Peasant DiariesDirector
10.0
1951
Science Closer to LifeDirector
7.0
1951
Science Closer to LifeCinematography
7.0
1951
Destination - Nowa Huta!Director
5.7
1951
Maj pracy walki pokojuDirector of Photography
1950
Young ArtDirector
8.0
1950
Young ArtWriter
8.0
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It Began in SpainDirector
10.0