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  1. Movies
  2. I Died So I Could Live

I Died So I Could Live

Original Title: Umarłem, aby żyć

1984
1h 28m
War

Status

Released

Release

1984

Runtime

1h 28m

Storyline

Warsaw 1941. Gestapo captures a Home Army soldier who knows the code needed to read the list of agents working in Reich. Tortured Wójcik asks the doctors for poison.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 28m
Sep 8, 1984
Languages
Polish
Director
Stanisław Jędryka
Stanisław Jędryka
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Oko"
Zespół Filmowy "Oko"
Production Countries
Poland

Top Cast

33 Cast Members

Andrzej Grabarczyk

Andrzej Grabarczyk

Wójcik

Halina Łabonarska

Halina Łabonarska

doctor in Pawiak

Zygmunt Hübner

professor Pytel

Marek Walczewski

Marek Walczewski

doctor in Pawiak

Wojciech Wysocki

Wojciech Wysocki

doctor Leśniak

Jerzy Zass

Jerzy Zass

Prahl

Anna Ciepielewska

Anna Ciepielewska

Wójcik's mother

Ryszarda Hanin

Ryszarda Hanin

housekeeper of ill professor

Joanna Jędryka

Joanna Jędryka

sister Salomea

Janusz Bukowski

Janusz Bukowski

major Wróbel

Michał Juszczakiewicz

Michał Juszczakiewicz

wounded patient

Eugeniusz Kujawski

Eugeniusz Kujawski

Moser

Bronisław Pawlik

Bronisław Pawlik

Bruzda's father

Henryk Talar

Henryk Talar

Knothe

Mirosława Marcheluk

Mirosława Marcheluk

Bruzda's mother

Ewa Kuryło

nurse

Anna Milewska

Anna Milewska

Pytel's wife

Beata Pozniak

Beata Pozniak

nurse assisting Leśniak

Jolanta Zykun

Jolanta Zykun

nurse

Jacek Borkowski

Jacek Borkowski

Heymann

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