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