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

79 %|Apr 2, 1970|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.

Featured Crew

Tadeusz Chmielewski
Director
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Screenplay
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
Original Music Composer
Janina Niedźwiecka
Editor
Jerzy Stawicki
Director of Photography
Bolesław Kamykowski
Production Design

Cast

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Marian Kociniak
Franciszek Dolas
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Emil Karewicz
Gestapo Officer in Austria
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Wirgiliusz Gryń
Józek Kryska
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Ludwik Benoit
Karczmarz
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Zdzisław Kuźniar
Dimo Stojadinovic, kapitan jugosłowiańskiego statku
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Lech Ordon
Sierżant Hopkins
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Tomasz Zaliwski
Yugoslavian Officer
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Henryk Łapiński
Wladyslaw Wachocki
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Stanisław Milski
German General
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Piotr Fronczewski
Italian Soldier
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Wacław Kowalski
Sgt. Kiedros
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Kazimierz Rudzki
Capt. Ralf Peacock
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Jan Świderski
Capt. Letoux
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Leonard Andrzejewski
Foreign Legion Soldier
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Witold Kałuski
Italian Captain
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Andrzej Krasicki
Captain on the Ship
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Lech Ordon
Sgt. Hopkins
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Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Italian Soldier
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Kazimierz Fabisiak
Father Dominik
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Zygmunt Zintel
Father Sebastian
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Eugeniusz Kamiński
«Happy» Alfred
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Zbigniew Koczanowicz
War Court Charmain
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Jerzy Przybylski
Hans Langner
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Tadeusz Somogi
Translator
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Stefan Szmidt
The Scythe
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Edward Wichura
German Guard
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Józef Zbiróg
German Officer