How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)

7.6/10 86 min Comedy War Adventure

Overview

On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.

Cast

Marian Kociniak

Franciszek Dolas

Janina Borońska

Elżbieta

Adam Cyprian

Gulke's Brother

Wirgiliusz Gryń

Józek Kryska

Zdzisław Kuźniar

Dimo Stojadinovic

Józef Łodyński

Stoker

Jarosław Skulski

Colonel

Tomasz Zaliwski

Yugoslavian Officer

Elżbieta Starostecka

Singer

Emil Karewicz

Gestapo Officer in Austria

Henryk Łapiński

Wladysław Wachocki

Stanisław Milski

German General

Kazimierz Talarczyk

Woydyłło

Janusz Ziejewski

Feldfebel

Ludwik Benoit

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Zbigniew Bielski

Soldier selling Sausages (uncredited)

Jerzy Block

Bolek (uncredited)

Adolf Chronicki

Polish Captain (uncredited)

Ryszard Dembiński

German Officer (uncredited)

Bohdan Ejmont

Officer in Stalag (uncredited)

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