Men of the Blue Cross

Men of the Blue Cross by Andrzej Munk

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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

Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica as Himself

Stanisław Wawrytko

Stanisław Wawrytko as Rescuer

Stanisław Marusarz

Stanisław Marusarz as

Stanisław Gąsienica

Stanisław Gąsienica as Lasa

Ludwik Ziemblic

Ludwik Ziemblic as Doctor Juraj

Józef Krzeptowski

Józef Krzeptowski as

Józef Wawrytko

Józef Wawrytko as

Wojciech Siemion

Wojciech Siemion as Soviet Major

Elzbieta Polkowska

Elzbieta Polkowska as Bożenka

Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont

Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont as

Roman Hoły

Roman Hoły as

Władysław Gondek

Władysław Gondek as

Stefan Joniak

Stefan Joniak as

Jakub Wawrytko

Jakub Wawrytko as

Andrzej Walczak

Andrzej Walczak as

Jan Krzystaniak

Jan Krzystaniak as

Gustaw Holoubek

Gustaw Holoubek as Narrator (voice)

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