Janusz Morgenstern

Janusz "Kuba" Morgenstern (16 November 1922 – 6 September 2011) was a Polish film director and producer.

Janusz Morgenstern

The grave of Morgenstern at the Powązki Military Cemetery featuring his picture and a list of his most famous films

Janusz Morgenstern was born in 1922 to a Jewish family in the town of Mikulińce, Poland (now Mykulyntsi, Ukraine), to Dawid Morgenstern and Estera (née Druks).

He debuted as a director with the film Goodbye, See You Tomorrow (1960). His other films include Jowita (1967), We Have to Kill this Love (1972), W-Hour (1979), Lesser of Two Evils (2009). TV series directed by Morgenstern included: Stake Larger than Life (1967–1968), Columbuses (1970) and Polish Roads (1976). He died in Warsaw, Poland.

Selected filmography

• Goodbye, See You Tomorrow (1960)
• Tomorrow Premiere (1962)
• Life Once More (1964)
• Then Silence (1965)
• More Than Life at Stake (1967)
• We Have to Kill This Love (1972)
• Polish Roads (1976)
• A Smaller Sky (1980)
• The Yellow Scarf (2000)
• The Lesser Evil (2009)