Unvanquished City (1950)
Warsaw after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising. The Germans expel the civilian population and then proceed to systematically destroy the city. The capital is transformed into a sea of rubble, among which a few survivors hide – modern-day Robinsons. One of them is Piotr Rafalski, who rescues Krystyna, a wounded Jewish woman. Three soldiers of the People's Army, cooperating with a Soviet telegraph operator, are also in the city.
Director: Jerzy Zarzycki
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Jan Kurnakowicz as Piotr Rafalski |
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Zofia Mrozowska as Krystyna |
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Igor Śmiałowski as Andrzej |
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Jerzy Rakowiecki as Jan |
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Kazimierz Sapiński as Julek |
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Wieniamin Trusieniew as "Fiałka" |
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Seweryn Butrym as Polish General |
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Adam Daniewicz as |
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Lucjan Dytrych as Obergruppenfuhrer Fisher |
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Jerzy Kaliszewski as German Officer |
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Władysław Krasnowiecki as Polish General |
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Alfred Łodziński as German Looter |
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Michal Melina as German General |
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Wojciech Pilarski as WP Officer |
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Tadeusz Somogi as Sergeant Klimczak "Florian" |
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Jerzy Wasowski as German Officer playing Piano |
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Marian Wojtczak as |
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Janusz Ziejewski as German Looter |
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Henryk Borowski as |
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Andrzej Łapicki as SS Officer |
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Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz as Soviet Officer |
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Jan Świderski as Soviet Major |
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Kazimierz Wilamowski as German Officer |
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Mieczyslaw Wojnicki as German Soldier |
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Stanisław Jasiukiewicz as Soviet Soldier (uncredited) |
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Stanisław Bieliński as Driving Soldier (uncredited) |
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Władysław Dewoyno as German Soldier saving Rafalski (uncredited) |
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Bohdan Ejmont as Soviet Officer (uncredited) |
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Maria Kaniewska as Woman in a Window (uncredited) |
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Stanisław Różewicz as German Soldier (uncredited) |
| Writing | Jerzy Andrzejewski | Writer |
| Writing | Jerzy Zarzycki | Writer |
| Directing | Jerzy Zarzycki | Director |
| Production | Mieczysław Wajnberger | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jacques Klein | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Andrzej Ancuta | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Leopold Blancard | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Natan Becher | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Tadeusz Zając | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Adam T. Nowakowski | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Józef Galewski | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Zdzisław Górzyński | Conductor |
| Editing | Tamira Lidawska | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Tomira Matyjaszkiewicz | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Wojciech Urbanowicz | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Ryszard Kraus | Pyrotechnician |
| Production | Karel Beran | Unit Manager |
| Production | Michał Grinblat | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Władysław Szpilman | Novel |
| Writing | Czesław Miłosz | Idea |
| Writing | Jerzy Andrzejewski | Idea |
| Directing | Maria Kaniewska | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Stanisław Różewicz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hubert Drapella | Assistant Director |
| Art | Roman Mann | Production Design |
| Sound | Józef Koprowicz | Sound |
| Sound | Jan Radlicz | Sound |
| Sound | Zdzislaw Siwecki | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazimiera Narkiewicz | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irena Kosecka | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zygmunt Goryszewski | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Zwonimir Feric | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Jean Isnard | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Roman Palester | Music |
| Sound | Artur Malawski | Music |
| Editing | Janina Niedźwiecka | Editor |
| Editing | Victoria Mercanton | Editor |