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Men of the Blue Cross
1955, Oct 12
0h 55m
The final film produced by Warsaw’s Documentary Film Studio is an epic re-enactment of a treacherous mission by the Voluntary Tatra Mountain Rescue Service to aid colleagues stranded behind enemy lines at the close of World War II (several real participants feature in the film). Based on a short story about the rescue by Adam Liberak, Munk’s final “documentary” is also arguably his first major exercise in the craft of narrative filmmaking.
Directed by
Andrzej Munk
Written by
Andrzej Munk, Adam Liberak
Wojciech Siemion
Soviet Major
Gustaw Holoubek
Narrator (voice)
Ludwik Ziemblic
Doctor Juraj
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Himself
Stanisław Wawrytko
Rescuer
Stanisław Marusarz
Stanisław Gąsienica
Lasa
Józef Krzeptowski
Józef Wawrytko
Elzbieta Polkowska
Bożenka
Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont
Roman Hoły
Władysław Gondek
Stefan Joniak
Jakub Wawrytko
Andrzej Walczak
Jan Krzystaniak
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