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How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)
Directed by Tadeusz Chmielewski
Comedy, War, Adventure · 1h 26m
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.
Cast
Marian Kociniak
Franciszek Dolas
Janina Borońska
Elżbieta
Adam Cyprian
Gulke's Brother
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Józek Kryska
Zdzisław Kuźniar
Dimo Stojadinovic
Józef Łodyński
Stoker
Jarosław Skulski
Colonel
Tomasz Zaliwski
Yugoslavian Officer
Elżbieta Starostecka
Singer
Emil Karewicz
Gestapo Officer in Austria
Henryk Łapiński
Wladysław Wachocki
Stanisław Milski
German General
Crew
- Director
- Tadeusz Chmielewski
- Screenplay
- Tadeusz Chmielewski
- Novel
- Kazimierz Sławiński
- Director of Photography
- Jerzy Stawicki
- Original Music Composer
- Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
- Editor
- Janina Niedźwiecka
Details
- Original title
- Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową: Cz. 1 - Ucieczka
- Release date
- 1970-04-02
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Comedy, War, Adventure
- Original language
- PL
- Spoken languages
- Serbo-Croatian, German, Polish
- Countries
- Poland
- Production
- PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"