Men of the Blue Cross (1955)
The final film produced by Warsaw’s Documentary Film Studio is an epic re-enactment of a treacherous mission by the Voluntary Tatra Mountain Rescue Service to aid colleagues stranded behind enemy lines at the close of World War II (several real participants feature in the film). Based on a short story about the rescue by Adam Liberak, Munk’s final “documentary” is also arguably his first major exercise in the craft of narrative filmmaking.
Director: Andrzej Munk
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Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica as Himself |
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Stanisław Wawrytko as Rescuer |
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Stanisław Marusarz as |
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Stanisław Gąsienica as Lasa |
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Ludwik Ziemblic as Doctor Juraj |
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Józef Krzeptowski as |
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Józef Wawrytko as |
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Wojciech Siemion as Soviet Major |
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Elzbieta Polkowska as Bożenka |
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Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont as |
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Roman Hoły as |
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Władysław Gondek as |
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Stefan Joniak as |
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Jakub Wawrytko as |
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Andrzej Walczak as |
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Jan Krzystaniak as |
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Gustaw Holoubek as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Andrzej Munk | Director |
| Camera | Janusz Sowiński | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Jan Riesser | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Stanisław Czerwiński | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Kazimierz Kucharski | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Zbigniew Kowalczyk | Sound Assistant |
| Production | Wilhelm Hollender | Production Manager |
| Camera | Tadeusz Janczak | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Adam Liberak | Short Story |
| Sound | Zbigniew Wolski | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tadeusz Schossler | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Andrzej Munk | Writer |
| Camera | Sergiusz Sprudin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Adam Liberak | Writer |
| Editing | Jadwiga Zajiček | Editor |
| Sound | Jan Krenz | Original Music Composer |
