The Hours of Hope
57 %|May 9, 1955|War, Drama
In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.
Featured Crew
Jan Rybkowski
Director
Jerzy Pomianowski
Novel
Andrzej Markowski
Music
Władysław Forbert
Director of Photography
Czesław Raniszewski
Editor
Jan Grandys
Production Design
Jerzy Szeski
Costume Design
Tadeusz Makarczyński
First Assistant Director
Cast
Zbigniew Józefowicz
Captain Walek
Krystyna Kamieńska
Doctor Anna
Stanisław Mikulski
Lieutenant Jan Basior
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Nurse Margiel
Bronisław Pawlik
Szczeżuja
Zofia Mrozowska
Actress
Bohdan Ejmont
Pietia
Stefan Rydel
Sturmfuhrer von Lyx
Stanisław Milski
SS Colonel Nagel
Jerzy Kaliszewski
Major Woynicz
Leon Niemczyk
American Officer
Janusz Jaroń
Staff Officer
Jerzy Kawka
Scharführer Schkoppeck
Kazimierz Szubert
Kurak
Eugeniusz Solarski
Fisherman
Halina Kuźniakówna
Frania
Zdzisław Lubelski
Trader
Adam Mularczyk
Old Italian
Józef Kostecki
Wounded Actor
Cezary Julski
Capo
Aleksander Gąssowski
Theatre Director
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Sergeant Tomala
Władysław Głąbik
Grześ Gawra
Rafał Kajetanowicz
Makowski
Krystyna Feldman
Woman hit in the Forehead
Stefan Friedmann
Boy from Zamojszczyzna
Janina Jabłonowska
Worker
Jerzy Kaczmarek
German, Walek's Patient
Stanisław Marian Kamiński
Italian Interpreter
Andrzej Kozak
Man wanting to join the Army
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Sajewicz
Janina Matuszczak
Girl on a Tank
Wiesław Michnikowski
Man in a Striped Uniform
Ryszard Ostromęcki
Telephone Operator
Tadeusz Somogi
Actor
Aleksander Sewruk
Dosiad
Jadwiga Sachnowska
Old German Woman
Ryszard Sawicki
Old German Man
Jarema Stępowski
Trader
Józef Strumiński
Zawada
Jerzy Szpunar
Telephone Operator
Janina Węglan
Czech Woman
Bogusz Bilewski
Corporal Sumski (uncredited)
Sylwester Chęciński
Violinist (uncredited)
Anna Ciepielewska
Giannina (uncredited)
Maria Ciesielska
Marysia (uncredited)
Mieczysław Czechowicz
WP Soldier (uncredited)
Halina Dobrowolska
(uncredited)
Ewa Dryszkiewicz
(uncredited)
Ryszard Filipski
American singing in Łódź (uncredited)
Mieczysław Gajda
(uncredited)
Barbara Horawianka
(uncredited)
Zdana Jasińska
(uncredited)
Mieczysław Kalenik
American (uncredited)
Tadeusz Kalinowski
(uncredited)
Jan Kobuszewski
Frenchman (uncredited)
Zdzisław Kuźniar
(uncredited)
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
Pole from Mława (uncredited)
Stanisław Michalski
(uncredited)
Irena Morawska
(uncredited)
Tadeusz Motel
American Soldier (uncredited)
Jerzy Nasierowski
WP Soldier (uncredited)
Stanisław Niwiński
(uncredited)
Maria Nowotarska
(uncredited)
Ludwik Paczyński
(uncredited)
Ludwik Pak
(uncredited)
Barbara Połomska
Girl at the Field Kitchen (uncredited)
Wanda Siemaszkowa
Pole (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Skoczylas
WP Soldier (uncredited)
Kazimierz Urbański
(uncredited)
Lech Wojciechowski
(uncredited)
Florian Wolny
Horst (uncredited)
Hanna Zembrzuska
Girl joining the Americans (uncredited)