Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Andrzej Munk Director
- Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica as Himself
- Stanisław Wawrytko as Rescuer
- Stanisław Marusarz Cast
- Stanisław Gąsienica as Lasa
- Ludwik Ziemblic as Doctor Juraj
- Józef Krzeptowski Cast
- Józef Wawrytko Cast
- Wojciech Siemion as Soviet Major
- Elzbieta Polkowska as Bożenka
- Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont Cast
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