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Status
Released
Release
1958
Runtime
1h 20m
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Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
29 Cast Members
Edward Dziewoński
Dzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Józef Nowak
Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Barbara Połomska
Zosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Ignacy Machowski
Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Leon Niemczyk
Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz Opaliński
Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zofia Czerwińska
Lula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy Felczyński
Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Hubczenko
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Eleonora Lorentz
Old Woman (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Bogdan Baer
Hungarian officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca"
Stanisław Bareja
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Andrzej Gawroński
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Emil Karewicz
Polish Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Tomasz Lengren
Boy Scout (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Halina Mikołajska
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Michał Szewczyk
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy Turek
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Wilhelmi
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
