Bad Luck
Original title: Zezowate szczescie / Cockeyed Luck
1960 · 1 h 47 min
Andrzej MunkCast
Bogumil Kobiela Maria Ciesielska 
Helena Dabrowska 
Barbara Kwiatkowska Krystyna Karkowska 
Barbara Polomska
Credits
Written by: 
Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Plot
To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a prisoner tells the story of his unlucky life, from war to post-war Poland.
Sinekatalog’s take
Andrzej Munk's Polish tragicomedy, Zezowate szczęście, with Bogumił Kobiela, is a bitter, funny satire on opportunism, a classic of the Polish school.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (1,494 votes)
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