Bad Luck (1960)

Name: Bad Luck
Director: Andrzej Munk
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1960-04-04
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Cast: Bogumił Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dąbrowska, Barbara Lass

Comedy Drama

Director: Andrzej Munk

Cast: Bogumił Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dąbrowska, Barbara Lass

Runtime108 min

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To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.

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Bad Luck (1960), directed by Andrzej Munk, is a Polish comedy-drama that has been critically acclaimed for its innovative storytelling and Munk's unique directorial style. The film is considered an underrated masterpiece, though its unconventional narrative structure and blending of genres has led to some divisive reactions among audiences. No major awards or ratings are widely available for this film.

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Fans of Polish cinema and director Andrzej Munk's unique style will appreciate the darkly comedic exploration of one man's life journey filled with misfortune and the absurdities of the human experience in this 1960 film 'Bad Luck'.

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Bad Luck is a 1960 Polish black comedy film directed by Andrzej Munk. The screenplay is based on Jerzy Stawiński’s novel Six Incarnations of Jan Piszczyk (1959).