How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)
Jak rozpetalem druga wojne swiatowa
224 min
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.
- Release date
- April 2, 1970
- Country of origin
- Poland
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Cast
- Marian Kociniak as Pvt. Franek Dolas
- Wirgiliusz Gryn as Józek Kryska
- Zdzislaw Kuzniar as Dimo Stojadinovic
- Józef Lodynski as Stoker
- Jaroslaw Skulski as Colonel
- Tomasz Zaliwski as Yugoslavian Officer
- Elzbieta Starostecka as Singer
- Emil Karewicz as Gestapo Officer in Austria
- Stanislaw Milski as German General
- Ludwik Benoit as Innkeeper (uncredited)
- Zbigniew Bielski as Soldier selling Sausages (uncredited)
- Jerzy Block as Bolek (uncredited)
- Bohdan Ejmont as Officer in Stalag (uncredited)
- Andrzej Herder as Hans (uncredited)
- Janusz Klosinski as Tavern Keeper (uncredited)
- Tadeusz Kosudarski as (uncredited)
- Jan Pawel Kruk as Sailor (uncredited)
- Zbigniew Lesien as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Mieczyslaw Loza as Polish Officer (uncredited)
- Leonard Pietraszak as Pilot (uncredited)
- Leon Pietraszkiewicz as Herbert Gulke (uncredited)
- Janina Boronska as Elzbieta
- Adam Cyprian as Gulke
- Andrzej Gawronski as Helmut
Crew
- Tadeusz Chmielewski · Director
- Tadeusz Chmielewski · Writer
- Jerzy Matuszkiewicz · Composer
- Jerzy Stawicki · Cinematographer
- Janina Niedzwiecka · Editor
- Boleslaw Kamykowski · Production designer