The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
66 audience votes
Key crew
- Tadeusz ChmielewskiDirector
- Tadeusz ChmielewskiScreenplay
- Jerzy MatuszkiewiczOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marian KociniakFranciszek Dolas
- Janina BorońskaElżbieta
- Adam CyprianGulke's Brother
- Wirgiliusz GryńJózek Kryska
- Zdzisław KuźniarDimo Stojadinovic
- Józef ŁodyńskiStoker
- Jarosław SkulskiColonel
- Tomasz ZaliwskiYugoslavian Officer
- Elżbieta StarosteckaSinger
- Emil KarewiczGestapo Officer in Austria
- Henryk ŁapińskiWladysław Wachocki
- Stanisław MilskiGerman General
Stills
Themes
world war iimistaken identity