Men of the Blue Cross
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- Runtime
- 55 mins
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.
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
- Roman Hoły
- Władysław Gondek
- Stefan Joniak
- Jakub Wawrytko
- Andrzej Walczak
- Jan Krzystaniak
- Gustaw Holoubek
Director
- Andrzej Munk
