Men of the Blue Cross

55m

6

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.

Cast

Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica

Stanisław Wawrytko

Stanisław Marusarz

Stanisław Gąsienica

Ludwik Ziemblic

Józef Krzeptowski

Józef Wawrytko

Wojciech Siemion

Elzbieta Polkowska

Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont

Władysław Gondek

Andrzej Walczak

Jan Krzystaniak

Gustaw Holoubek

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Director, Writer

Writer, Short Story

Jadwiga Zajiček

Sergiusz Sprudin

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Tadeusz Janczak

Assistant Camera

Janusz Sowiński

Assistant Camera

Tadeusz Schossler

Zbigniew Kowalczyk

Sound Assistant

Kazimierz Kucharski

Sound Assistant

Zbigniew Wolski

Stanisław Czerwiński

Lighting Technician

Original Music Composer

Wilhelm Hollender

Production Manager