Men of the Blue Cross
Directed by Andrzej Munk
Plot
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.
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Cast
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Himself
Stanisław Wawrytko
Rescuer
Stanisław Marusarz
Stanisław Gąsienica
Lasa
Ludwik Ziemblic
Doctor Juraj
Józef Krzeptowski
Józef Wawrytko
Wojciech Siemion
Soviet Major
Elzbieta Polkowska
Bożenka
Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont
Roman Hoły
Władysław Gondek
Stefan Joniak
Jakub Wawrytko
Andrzej Walczak