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Men of the Blue Cross

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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.

Directed byAndrzej Munk

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 55m
Language
PL
Released
October 12, 1955
Studios
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica

Himself

Stanisław Wawrytko

Rescuer

Stanisław Marusarz

Stanisław Gąsienica

Lasa

Ludwik Ziemblic

Ludwik Ziemblic

Doctor Juraj

Józef Krzeptowski

Józef Wawrytko

Wojciech Siemion

Wojciech Siemion

Soviet Major

Elzbieta Polkowska

Bożenka

Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont

Creative team
Directed by
Andrzej Munk
Andrzej Munk
Written by
Adam Liberak
Andrzej Munk
Andrzej Munk

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