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 | 0.2367 |
Directed By
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Crew
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Jerzy Stawicki
Bolesław Kamykowski
Halina Chmielewska
Kazimierz Sławiński
Konrad Paradowski
Stanislawa Skorupianka
Romuald Staszkiewicz
Jan Janczewski
Jerzy Majak
Leon Jankowski
Tadeusz Myszorek
Tatiana Manżett
Albin Wejman
Juliusz Czajkowski
Marta Kobierska
Lidia Rzeszewska
Piotr Marczewski
Wiesław Ćwikliński
Janusz Rosół
Zygmunt Nowak
Aurelia Rut
Irmina Romanis
Anna Lewandowska
Janusz Elke
Czesław Magnowski
Ryszard Francman
Aleksander Fridel
Krzysztof Fus
Marian Gańcza
Krzysztof Łagodzic
Zbigniew Janicki
Wacław Raszko
Wanda Sienkiewicz
Ludgierd Romanis
Józef Drzewicki
Anna Rdest
Michał Sosiński
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
Janina Niedźwiecka
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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