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