How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 1.909 |
Directed By
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Crew
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Bolesław Kamykowski
Jerzy Stawicki
Albin Wejman
Irmina Romanis
Zbigniew Janicki
Wanda Sienkiewicz
Michał Sosiński
Jan Janczewski
Kazimierz Sławiński
Zygmunt Nowak
Stanislawa Skorupianka
Romuald Staszkiewicz
Juliusz Czajkowski
Lidia Rzeszewska
Piotr Marczewski
Ryszard Francman
Ludgierd Romanis
Tadeusz Myszorek
Marta Kobierska
Wiesław Ćwikliński
Janusz Elke
Aleksander Fridel
Marian Gańcza
Krzysztof Łagodzic
Konrad Paradowski
Tatiana Manżett
Czesław Magnowski
Wacław Raszko
Anna Rdest
Aurelia Rut
Anna Lewandowska
Halina Chmielewska
Janusz Rosół
Leon Jankowski
Krzysztof Fus
Jerzy Majak
Józef Drzewicki
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Janina Niedźwiecka
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
TOP 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
Kazimierz Talarczyk
Woydyłło
Janusz Ziejewski
Feldfebel
Ludwik Benoit
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Zbigniew Bielski
Soldier selling Sausages (uncredited)
Jerzy Block
Bolek (uncredited)
Adolf Chronicki
Polish Captain (uncredited)
Ryszard Dembiński
German Officer (uncredited)
Bohdan Ejmont
Officer in Stalag (uncredited)
Andrzej Herder
Hans (uncredited)
Janusz Kłosiński
Tavern Keeper (uncredited)
Eugeniusz Korczarowski
Officer (uncredited)
Tadeusz Kosudarski
(uncredited)
Jan Paweł Kruk
Sailor (uncredited)
Zbigniew Lesień
Prisoner (uncredited)
Mieczysław Łoza
Polish Officer (uncredited)
Jerzy Moes
Lieutenant Rogulski (uncredited)
Leonard Pietraszak
Pilot (uncredited)
Leon Pietraszkiewicz
Herbert Gulke (uncredited)
Jerzy Rogalski
Jędrzej Grzyb (uncredited)
Henryk Staszewski
Yugoslavian (uncredited)
Mieczysław Stoor
General's Adjutant (uncredited)
Mirosław Szonert
Gendarme (uncredited)
Jerzy Szpunar
Sailor (uncredited)
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Guard (uncredited)
Bohdan Wróblewski
Polish Embassy Clerk (uncredited)
Wojciech Zagórski
Turk (uncredited)
Zygmunt Zintel
Bolek (voice) (uncredited)
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