The Taste of the Black Earth
Mar 06 1970
•2h 38m
•Drama, War
During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands.
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Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Gabriel
Jan Englert
Erwin
Jerzy Bińczycki
Bernard
Jerzy Cnota
Euzebin
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