Bad Luck

Bad Luck

★ 6.8IMDb Score
Released:1960-04-04
Duration:108 min
Country:Poland
Director:Andrzej Munk
Actors:Bogumił Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dąbrowska, Barbara Lass, Krystyna Karkowska
Production:Zespół Filmowy "Kamera"

Overview:

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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