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How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape

Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową: Cz. 1 - Ucieczka

Release: 1970-04-02 ·Runtime: 86m ·★ 7.6
Comedy War Adventure

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.

Production Countries

Poland

Production Companies

PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"

Cast

Janina Borońska Janina Borońska as Elżbieta Emil Karewicz Emil Karewicz as Gestapo Officer in Austria Adolf Chronicki Adolf Chronicki as Polish Captain (uncredited) Mieczysław Łoza Mieczysław Łoza as Polish Officer (uncredited) Marian Kociniak Marian Kociniak as Franciszek Dolas Ryszard Dembiński Ryszard Dembiński as German Officer (uncredited) Mieczysław Stoor Mieczysław Stoor as General's Adjutant (uncredited) Tadeusz Kosudarski Tadeusz Kosudarski as (uncredited) Jan Paweł Kruk Jan Paweł Kruk as Sailor (uncredited) Tomasz Zaliwski Tomasz Zaliwski as Yugoslavian Officer Kazimierz Talarczyk Kazimierz Talarczyk as Woydyłło Jerzy Block Jerzy Block as Bolek (uncredited) Bohdan Ejmont Bohdan Ejmont as Officer in Stalag (uncredited) Janusz Kłosiński Janusz Kłosiński as Tavern Keeper (uncredited) Eugeniusz Korczarowski Eugeniusz Korczarowski as Officer (uncredited) Stanisław Milski Stanisław Milski as German General Ludwik Benoit Ludwik Benoit as Innkeeper (uncredited) Zbigniew Bielski Zbigniew Bielski as Soldier selling Sausages (uncredited) Leonard Pietraszak Leonard Pietraszak as Pilot (uncredited) Leon Pietraszkiewicz Leon Pietraszkiewicz as Herbert Gulke (uncredited) Bohdan Wróblewski Bohdan Wróblewski as Polish Embassy Clerk (uncredited) Zygmunt Zintel Zygmunt Zintel as Bolek (voice) (uncredited) Zdzisław Kuźniar Zdzisław Kuźniar as Dimo Stojadinovic Henryk Łapiński Henryk Łapiński as Wladysław Wachocki Jerzy Moes Jerzy Moes as Lieutenant Rogulski (uncredited) Henryk Staszewski Henryk Staszewski as Yugoslavian (uncredited) Mirosław Szonert Mirosław Szonert as Gendarme (uncredited) Jerzy Szpunar Jerzy Szpunar as Sailor (uncredited) Wojciech Zagórski Wojciech Zagórski as Turk (uncredited) Wirgiliusz Gryń Wirgiliusz Gryń as Józek Kryska Jarosław Skulski Jarosław Skulski as Colonel Elżbieta Starostecka Elżbieta Starostecka as Singer Andrzej Herder Andrzej Herder as Hans (uncredited) Jerzy Rogalski Jerzy Rogalski as Jędrzej Grzyb (uncredited) Tadeusz Teodorczyk Tadeusz Teodorczyk as Guard (uncredited) Adam Cyprian Adam Cyprian as Gulke's Brother Józef Łodyński Józef Łodyński as Stoker Janusz Ziejewski Janusz Ziejewski as Feldfebel