Bad Luck (Zezowate Szczescie) (1960)

  
Format:  Bad Luck (Zezowate Szczescie) DVD 
 
 
Director Andrzej Munk's acclaimed satire follows a hapless Polish everyman named Jan (Bogumil Kobiela) as he meanders through life during the turbulent years of 1930-1950, trying and failing to please those around him and finally deciding the safest place for him to live is prison. 108 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Polish; Subtitles: English; poster gallery; biography. In Polish with English subtitles.
 
SKU: D74406
$26.99
Regularly $29.99
Category:
Foreign
Director:
Andrzej Munk
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format: 
Widescreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Tadeusz Janczar, Bogumil Kobiela, Barbara Lass, Mariusz Dmochowski
 

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