Toy Story 5
2026 · Animation · Family
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Film / 1970
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Directed by
Tadeusz Chmielewski
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Marian KociniakFranciszek Dolas
Janina BorońskaElżbieta
Adam CyprianGulke's Brother
Wirgiliusz GryńJózek Kryska
Zdzisław KuźniarDimo Stojadinovic
Józef ŁodyńskiStoker
Jarosław SkulskiColonel
Tomasz ZaliwskiYugoslavian Officer
Elżbieta StarosteckaSinger
Emil KarewiczGestapo Officer in Austria
Henryk ŁapińskiWladysław Wachocki
Stanisław MilskiGerman General
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Kazimierz TalarczykWoydyłło
Janusz ZiejewskiFeldfebel
Ludwik BenoitInnkeeper (uncredited)
Zbigniew BielskiSoldier selling Sausages (uncredited)
Jerzy BlockBolek (uncredited)
Adolf ChronickiPolish Captain (uncredited)
Ryszard DembińskiGerman Officer (uncredited)
Bohdan EjmontOfficer in Stalag (uncredited)
Andrzej HerderHans (uncredited)
Janusz KłosińskiTavern Keeper (uncredited)
Eugeniusz KorczarowskiOfficer (uncredited)
Tadeusz Kosudarski(uncredited)
Jan Paweł KrukSailor (uncredited)
Zbigniew LesieńPrisoner (uncredited)
Mieczysław ŁozaPolish Officer (uncredited)
Jerzy MoesLieutenant Rogulski (uncredited)
Leonard PietraszakPilot (uncredited)
Leon PietraszkiewiczHerbert Gulke (uncredited)
Jerzy RogalskiJędrzej Grzyb (uncredited)
Henryk StaszewskiYugoslavian (uncredited)
Mieczysław StoorGeneral's Adjutant (uncredited)
Mirosław SzonertGendarme (uncredited)
Jerzy SzpunarSailor (uncredited)
Tadeusz TeodorczykGuard (uncredited)
Bohdan WróblewskiPolish Embassy Clerk (uncredited)
Wojciech ZagórskiTurk (uncredited)
Zygmunt ZintelBolek (voice) (uncredited)
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