Which film director lived longer, Andrzej Munk or Tengiz Abuladze?
Andrzej Munk Andrzej Munk (16 October 1921 – 20 September 1961) was a Polish film director, screen writer and documentalist. He was one of the most influential artists of the post-Stalinist period in the People's Republic of Poland. His feature films "Man on the Tracks" ("Człowiek na torze", 1956), "Eroica" ("Heroism", 1958), "Bad Luck" ("Zezowate szczęście", 1960), and "Passenger" ("Pasażerka" 1963), are considered classics of the Polish Film School developed in mid-1950s. He died as a result of a car crash in Kompina in a head-on collision with a truck.
The Boxer and Death The Boxer and Death (Slovak: "Boxer a smrť" ) is a 1962 Slovak film directed by Peter Solan. The film is based on the life of Polish boxer Tadeusz "Teddy" Pietrzykowski, but in the film the boxer's name is Ján Komínek. It stars Štefan Kvietik and Manfred Krug, and was based on a Polish novel by Jozef Hen. A Hollywood remake Triumph of the Spirit was directed by Robert M. Young in 1989.