How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Apr 02 1970
•1h 26m
•Comedy, War, Adventure
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.
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Marian Kociniak
Franciszek Dolas
Janina Borońska
Elżbieta
Adam Cyprian
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Wirgiliusz Gryń
Józek Kryska
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