
Men of the Blue Cross
War · Drama
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.
Top Cast
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Himself
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Himself
Stanisław Wawrytko
Stanisław Wawrytko
Rescuer
Stanisław Wawrytko
Rescuer
Stanisław Marusarz
Stanisław Marusarz
Stanisław Marusarz
Stanisław Gąsienica
Stanisław Gąsienica
Lasa
Stanisław Gąsienica
Lasa


Ludwik Ziemblic
Ludwik Ziemblic
Doctor Juraj
Ludwik Ziemblic
Doctor Juraj
Józef Krzeptowski
Józef Krzeptowski
Józef Krzeptowski
Józef Wawrytko
Józef Wawrytko
Józef Wawrytko


Wojciech Siemion
Wojciech Siemion
Soviet Major
Wojciech Siemion
Soviet Major
Elzbieta Polkowska
Elzbieta Polkowska
Bożenka
Elzbieta Polkowska
Bożenka
Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont
Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont
Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont
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