Olympic Fire

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Olympic Fire

1970

1h 27m

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War

Overview

During World War 2 Polish skiers take up a fight against the Germans and become couriers, delivering mail to Budapest.

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27 members

Acting

Jadwiga Andrzejewska

Hanka's Mother

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Wanda Neumann

Hanka

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Tadeusz Kalinowski

Cpt. 'Szarotka'

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Edmund Fetting

Gestapo Chief

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Jerzy Jogałła

Władek

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Józef Morgała

Maciek

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Zygmunt Maciejewski

Trainer Schmidt

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Stanisław Niwiński

Bolek

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Aleksander Bednarz

German Officer

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Andrzej Buszewicz

Unknown Role

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Edward Dobrzański

Unknown Role

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Jacek Domański

Franek

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Zbigniew Filus

Unknown Role

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Krzysztof Fus

Unknown Role

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Mirosław Gruszczyński

Janek

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Leszek Herdegen

Major

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Andrzej Herder

Artur Ringer

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Jerzy Janeczek

Wojtek

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Eugeniusz Korczarowski

Unknown Role

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Andrzej Krasicki

Gendarmerie Lieutenant

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Edward Radulski

Unknown Role

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Janusz Sykutera

German Man in Budapest

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Henryk Staszewski

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Roman Talarczyk

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Grzegorz Warchoł

Czesiek

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Tomasz Zaliwski

Wacek

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Olgierd Łukaszewicz

Skier (uncredited)

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