Bad Luck

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Bad Luck

1960

1h 48m

6.7(27 votes)

Comedy

Drama

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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63 members

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Bogumił Kobiela

Jan Piszczyk

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Maria Ciesielska

Basia

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Helena Dąbrowska

Wychówna

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Barbara Lass

Jola

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Krystyna Karkowska

Wrona-Wronska

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Barbara Połomska

Zosia Jelonka

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Irena Stalończyk

Irena Kropaczyńska

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Tadeusz Bartosik

Wasik

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Henryk Bąk

Director

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Mariusz Dmochowski

UB Officer

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Aleksander Dzwonkowski

Cezary Piszczyk

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Edward Dziewoński

Jelonek

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Tadeusz Janczar

Ens. Sawicki

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Stanisław Jaworski

Watchmaker

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Andrzej Krasicki

Witold Kropaczyński

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Wojciech Litynski

Young Jan Piszczyk

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Kazimierz Opaliński

Prison Warden

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Jerzy Pichelski

Maj. Wrona-Wronski

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Adam Pawlikowski

Ens. Osewski

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Wojciech Siemion

Józef Kacperski

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Jan Tadeusz Stanisławski

Chief Scout

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Tadeusz Waczkowski

Manager Kozienicki

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Karolina Borchardt

Woman (uncredited)

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Krystyna Cierniak

Girl in the University Hall (uncredited)

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Zbigniew Cynkutis

Officer (uncredited)

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Jerzy Dobrowolski

Prison Clerk (uncredited)

Writing

Stanisław Dygat

(uncredited)

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Jerzy Felczyński

Cadet in the Camp (uncredited)

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Michał Gazda

(uncredited)

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Jakub Goldberg

Jewish Storeowner (uncredited)

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Wiesław Gołas

UB Officer (uncredited)

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Zdzisław Halicki

Team Player (uncredited)

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Maria Kaniewska

Anastazja Makulec (uncredited)

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Roman Kłosowski

Piszczyk's Client (uncredited)

Sound

Krzysztof Komeda

Soldier (uncredited)

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January Krawczyk

Conspirator (uncredited)

Camera

Henryk Kucharski

German Soldier (uncredited)

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Zdzisław Leśniak

Man at a Gate (uncredited)

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Zygmunt Listkiewicz

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Jan Potocki

Mioduszewski (uncredited)

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Mirosława Marcheluk

(uncredited)

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Józef Nowak

Witold (uncredited)

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Leopold Rene Nowak

Franek the Rickshaw Driver (uncredited)

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Ryszard Ostałowski

Soldier in a Camp (uncredited)

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Andrzej Paprotny

Child Jelonek (uncredited)

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Czesław Piaskowski

Militiaman in Jelonek's Apartment (uncredited)

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Leonard Pietraszak

Conspirator (uncredited)

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Wojciech Pokora

Cadet in a Camp (uncredited)

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Roman Polanski

Tutor (uncredited)

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Sylwester Przedwojewski

Police Doctor (uncredited)

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Sława Przybylska

Singer (uncredited)

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Ryszard Ronczewski

Soldier transporting "Secret Weapons" (uncredited)

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Andrzej Ropski

Kropaczyńska's Lover (uncredited)

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Jerzy Ruśniaczek

(uncredited)

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Witold Sadowy

Soldier imitating Hitler (uncredited)

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Witold Skaruch

Young Piszczyk's Teacher (uncredited)

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Wojciech Skibiński

Cadet Krawczyk (uncredited)

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Kazimierz Stankiewicz

Train Passenger with a Basket (uncredited)

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Kazimierz Wilamowski

General at a Parade (uncredited)

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Ewa Wiśniewska

Student (uncredited)

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Danuta Wodyńska

Julcia (uncredited)

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Stanisław Wyszyński

Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

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Barbara Horawianka

Irena Kropaczyńska (voice) (uncredited)

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