Men of the Blue Cross backdrop
Men of the Blue Cross poster
Trailer
Men of the Blue Cross
6.0
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0h 55m
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1955
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Released
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.

Cast
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica poster
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Himself
Stanisław Wawrytko poster
Stanisław Wawrytko
Rescuer
Stanisław Marusarz poster
Stanisław Marusarz
Stanisław Gąsienica poster
Stanisław Gąsienica
Lasa
Ludwik Ziemblic poster
Ludwik Ziemblic
Doctor Juraj
Józef Krzeptowski poster
Józef Krzeptowski
Józef Wawrytko poster
Józef Wawrytko
Wojciech Siemion poster
Wojciech Siemion
Soviet Major
Elzbieta Polkowska poster
Elzbieta Polkowska
Bożenka
Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont poster
Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont
Roman Hoły poster
Roman Hoły
Władysław Gondek poster
Władysław Gondek
Stefan Joniak poster
Stefan Joniak
Jakub Wawrytko poster
Jakub Wawrytko
Andrzej Walczak poster
Andrzej Walczak
Jan Krzystaniak poster
Jan Krzystaniak
Gustaw Holoubek poster
Gustaw Holoubek
Narrator (voice)

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