Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.
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Marek Kondrat as Jan Kania
Wiktor Zborowski as Moryc Haber
Krzysztof Kowalewski as Szef kompanii
Wojciech Pokora as von Nogay
Zoltán Bezerédy as Benedek
Anna Gornostaj as Mitzi
Kalina Jędrusik as Madame Elli, kierowniczka domu publicznego
Jerzy Michotek as kucharz Koperka
Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski as Giuseppe Baldini, włoski jeniec wojenny (ordynans von Nogaya)
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as kapitan Wagner
Janusz Bukowski as kapral Ulmbach
Marek Frąckowiak as kapral Bernstein
Stefan Friedmann as fotograf Kurz
Edward Dziewoński as lekarz
Leon Niemczyk as wachmistrz żandarmerii
Róbert Koltai as Chudej, czeski drukarz z Pragi
Marzena Trybała as kochanka von Nogaya
Mariusz Dmochowski as generał
Grażyna Trela as Ruda
Olgierd Łukaszewicz as słowacki dezerter z lasu
Jan Tadeusz Stanisławski as oficer przy transporcie koni
Jan Jurewicz as żołnierz-oferma
Paweł Unrug as weteran
Lech Ordon as Feldfebel w burdelu
Jan Orsza-Łukasiewicz as starszy pan
Andrzej Grąziewicz as asysta generała (pułkownik)
Jan Piechociński as asysta generała (porucznik)
Maria Kaniewska as pianistka
Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta as panienka
Tadeusz Chudecki as ordynans kapitana Wagnera
Edward Żentara as porucznik
Wiesław Drzewicz as profesor w burdelu
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