Eroica
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.
Director Andrzej Munk
Cast
Roman Kłosowski
Lt. Szpakowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Ignacy Machowski
Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Bogdan Baer
Hungarian officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca"
Emil Karewicz
Polish Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Henryk Bąk
Lt. Krygier (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Andrzej Gawroński
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Michał Szewczyk
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Tomasz Zaliwski
Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz Rudzki
Lt. Turek (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Eleonora Lorentz
Old Woman (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Halina Mikołajska
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Bogumił Kobiela
Lt. Dabecki (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Józef Kostecki
Lt. Zak (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Wojciech Siemion
Lt. Marianek (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Stanisław Bareja
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy Turek
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Barbara Połomska
Zosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Tomasz Lengren
Boy Scout (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Wilhelmi
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Mariusz Dmochowski
Lt. Korwin Makowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Józef Nowak
Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Leon Niemczyk
Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Hubczenko
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Edward Dziewoński
Dzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz Opaliński
Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Lt. Zawistowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Zofia Czerwińska
Lula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy Felczyński
Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")