Men of the Blue Cross

10/12/1955

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0hr 55min

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War

,Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
  • Stanisław Wawrytko
  • Stanisław Marusarz
  • Stanisław Gąsienica
  • Ludwik Ziemblic

    Directors

  • Andrzej Munk
  • Jan Riesser

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych

    Production Countries

  • Poland

LANGUAGES

  • Polish