Cross of Valor
Krzyż Walecznych
Release: 1959-03-27
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 6.4
Drama
War
Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he finds only the charred ruins. A stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz. A young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Cast
Adolf Chronicki
as Ołdak
Władysław Dewoyno
as Soldier
Czesław Piaskowski
as Windak
Tadeusz Ordeyg
as Railwayman (uncredited)
Józef Pieracki
as Luborz Man at Gathering (uncredited)
Bronisław Pawlik
as Florczak
Grażyna Staniszewska
as Mrs. Joczys
Bogdan Baer
as Barber Bolesław Petrak
Halina Buyno-Łoza
as Luborz Woman
Stanisław Milski
as Bartłomiej Kowal
Aleksander Fogiel
as Buśko
Zbigniew Cybulski
as Tadeusz Więcek
Zenon Burzyński
as Priest
Bohdana Majda
as Petrakowa
Jerzy Turek
as Socha
Zygmunt Hobot
as Tank Man
Henryk Hunko
as Lieutenant
Andrzej May
as Soldier Sypniewski