How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)
April 2, 1970
Comedy, War, Adventure
1h 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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Tadeusz Chmielewski
- Franciszek Dolas Marian Kociniak
- Elżbieta Janina Borońska
- Gulke's Brother Adam Cyprian
- Józek Kryska Wirgiliusz Gryń
- Dimo Stojadinovic Zdzisław Kuźniar
- Stoker Józef Łodyński
- Colonel Jarosław Skulski
- Yugoslavian Officer Tomasz Zaliwski
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Keywords
- world war ii
- mistaken identity