How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)
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.
Director:
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Writer:
Tadeusz Chmielewski
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Marian Kociniak as Franciszek Dolas |
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Janina Borońska as Elżbieta |
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Adam Cyprian as Gulke's Brother |
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Wirgiliusz Gryń as Józek Kryska |
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Zdzisław Kuźniar as Dimo Stojadinovic |
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Józef Łodyński as Stoker |
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Jarosław Skulski as Colonel |
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Tomasz Zaliwski as Yugoslavian Officer |
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Elżbieta Starostecka as Singer |
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Emil Karewicz as Gestapo Officer in Austria |
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Henryk Łapiński as Wladysław Wachocki |
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Stanisław Milski as German General |
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Kazimierz Talarczyk as Woydyłło |
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Janusz Ziejewski as Feldfebel |
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Ludwik Benoit as Innkeeper (uncredited) |
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Zbigniew Bielski as Soldier selling Sausages (uncredited) |
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Jerzy Block as Bolek (uncredited) |
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Adolf Chronicki as Polish Captain (uncredited) |
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Ryszard Dembiński as German Officer (uncredited) |
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Bohdan Ejmont as Officer in Stalag (uncredited) |
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Andrzej Herder as Hans (uncredited) |
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Janusz Kłosiński as Tavern Keeper (uncredited) |
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Eugeniusz Korczarowski as Officer (uncredited) |
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Tadeusz Kosudarski as (uncredited) |
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Jan Paweł Kruk as Sailor (uncredited) |
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Zbigniew Lesień as Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Mieczysław Łoza as Polish Officer (uncredited) |
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Jerzy Moes as Lieutenant Rogulski (uncredited) |
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Leonard Pietraszak as Pilot (uncredited) |
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Leon Pietraszkiewicz as Herbert Gulke (uncredited) |
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Jerzy Rogalski as Jędrzej Grzyb (uncredited) |
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Henryk Staszewski as Yugoslavian (uncredited) |
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Mieczysław Stoor as General's Adjutant (uncredited) |
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Mirosław Szonert as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Jerzy Szpunar as Sailor (uncredited) |
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Tadeusz Teodorczyk as Guard (uncredited) |
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Bohdan Wróblewski as Polish Embassy Clerk (uncredited) |
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Wojciech Zagórski as Turk (uncredited) |
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Zygmunt Zintel as Bolek (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Tadeusz Chmielewski | Director |
| Camera | Jerzy Stawicki | Director of Photography |
| Art | Bolesław Kamykowski | Production Design |
| Directing | Halina Chmielewska | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Kazimierz Sławiński | Novel |
| Directing | Konrad Paradowski | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Stanislawa Skorupianka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Romuald Staszkiewicz | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jan Janczewski | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jerzy Majak | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Leon Jankowski | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Tadeusz Myszorek | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Tatiana Manżett | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Albin Wejman | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Juliusz Czajkowski | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Kobierska | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidia Rzeszewska | Costume Design |
| Sound | Piotr Marczewski | Music Consultant |
| Sound | Wiesław Ćwikliński | Sound |
| Sound | Janusz Rosół | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Zygmunt Nowak | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Aurelia Rut | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irmina Romanis | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Lewandowska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janusz Elke | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Czesław Magnowski | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Ryszard Francman | Stunts |
| Crew | Aleksander Fridel | Stunts |
| Crew | Krzysztof Fus | Stunts |
| Crew | Marian Gańcza | Stunts |
| Crew | Krzysztof Łagodzic | Stunts |
| Crew | Zbigniew Janicki | Stunts |
| Crew | Wacław Raszko | Stunts |
| Crew | Wanda Sienkiewicz | Stunts |
| Production | Ludgierd Romanis | Production Manager |
| Production | Józef Drzewicki | Unit Manager |
| Production | Anna Rdest | Unit Manager |
| Production | Michał Sosiński | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Tadeusz Chmielewski | Screenplay |
| Sound | Jerzy Matuszkiewicz | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Janina Niedźwiecka | Editor |
