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How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
7.6(66)19701h 26m
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.
- Director
- Tadeusz Chmielewski
- Writers
- Tadeusz Chmielewski
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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)

Andrzej Herder
Hans (uncredited)

Janusz Kłosiński
Tavern Keeper (uncredited)

Eugeniusz Korczarowski
Officer (uncredited)

Tadeusz Kosudarski
(uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Tadeusz ChmielewskiDirector
- Romuald StaszkiewiczAssistant Director
- Halina ChmielewskaFirst Assistant Director
- Konrad ParadowskiFirst Assistant Director
- Stanislawa SkorupiankaAssistant Director
Writing
- Kazimierz SławińskiNovel
- Tadeusz ChmielewskiScreenplay
Production
- Józef DrzewickiUnit Manager
- Ludgierd RomanisProduction Manager
- Anna RdestUnit Manager
- Michał SosińskiUnit Manager
Camera
- Jerzy StawickiDirector of Photography
- Leon JankowskiAssistant Camera
- Jerzy MajakAssistant Camera
- Jan JanczewskiCamera Operator
Editing
- Aurelia RutAssistant Editor
- Janina NiedźwieckaEditor
Sound
- Piotr MarczewskiMusic Consultant
- Wiesław ĆwiklińskiSound
- Zygmunt NowakSound Assistant
- Janusz RosółSound Assistant
- Jerzy MatuszkiewiczOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Bolesław KamykowskiProduction Design
- Tadeusz MyszorekAssistant Production Design
- Albin WejmanAssistant Production Design
- Juliusz CzajkowskiAssistant Production Design
- Tatiana ManżettAssistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Janusz ElkeAssistant Makeup Artist
- Irmina RomanisMakeup Artist
- Lidia RzeszewskaCostume Design
- Marta KobierskaCostume Design
- Anna LewandowskaAssistant Makeup Artist
Crew
- Wanda SienkiewiczStunts
- Krzysztof FusStunts
- Krzysztof ŁagodzicStunts
- Zbigniew JanickiStunts
- Aleksander FriedelStunts
- Marian GańczaStunts
- Czesław MagnowskiStunt Double
- Ryszard FrancmanStunts
- Wacław RaszkoStunts