Bad Luck - Zezowate szczescie (1960)

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Starring Bogumil Kobiela (Eroica, Ashes and Diamonds), Krystyna Karkowska (Sophie`s Choice), Barbara Lass (Effie Briest) and Roman Polanski.

In this pointed black comedy. Jan, a middle-aged, nondescript everyman, desperately wants to remain in prison, though the state says its time for him to go. The hapless hero launches into his life story of hard luck and misfortune, covering the years from 1930 to 1950, a time of great change in Poland`s history.

As Jan continues hi story, it is clear that he has been so busy trying to please others he never noticed the enormous changes happening around him. Prison, with its never-varying routine, is indeed an ideal place for Jan.

Munk`s satire about a little man failing to cope in a rapidly changing world is Polish classic. A young Roman Polanski appears in a bit role as a tutor.