Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
Cast
Edward Dziewoński
Dzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Józef Nowak
Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Barbara Połomska
Zosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Ignacy Machowski
Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Leon Niemczyk
Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz Opaliński
Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zofia Czerwińska
Lula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy Felczyński
Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Hubczenko
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Eleonora Lorentz
Old Woman (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Bogdan Baer
Hungarian officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca"
Stanisław Bareja
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Andrzej Gawroński
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Emil Karewicz
Polish Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Tomasz Lengren
Boy Scout (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Halina Mikołajska
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Michał Szewczyk
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy Turek
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Wilhelmi
Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Tomasz Zaliwski
Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz Rudzki
Lt. Turek (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Henryk Bąk
Lt. Krygier (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Mariusz Dmochowski
Lt. Korwin Makowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Roman Kłosowski
Lt. Szpakowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Bogumił Kobiela
Lt. Dabecki (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Józef Kostecki
Lt. Zak (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Lt. Zawistowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Wojciech Siemion
Lt. Marianek (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Crew
Andrzej Munk
Director
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Screenplay, Story
Jadwiga Zajiček
Editor
Mirosława Garlicka
Assistant Editor
Jerzy Wójcik
Director of Photography
Jakub Goldberg
Assistant Director
Paweł Komorowski
Assistant Director
Andrzej Wróbel
Assistant Director
Jan Grandys
Production Design
Krzysztof Winiewicz
Assistant Camera
Wiesław Zdort
Assistant Camera
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Assistant Camera
Alicja Waltos
Costume Design
Zofia Macinska
Makeup Artist
Stefan Szczepanski
Makeup Artist
Halina Paszkowska
Sound Assistant
Bohdan Jankowski
Sound
Stanislaw Matuszewski
Lighting Technician
Jan Krenz
Original Music Composer
Albin Wejman
Construction Foreman
Zofia Suchecka
Script Supervisor
Zdzisław Kielanowski
Assistant Production Design
Cecylia Wróblewska
Assistant Production Design
Stanisław Adler
Production Manager
Zygmunt Wójcik
Assistant Production Manager
Michał Sosiński
Assistant Production Manager
Arkadiusz Orłowski
Assistant Production Manager
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