The Hours of Hope

5.7
  • Genre: WarDrama
  • Run time: 89 min
  • Premiere: 1955. May 9.

In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.

Discover

Zbigniew Józefowicz

Captain Walek

Stanisław Mikulski

Lieutenant Jan Basior

Jadwiga Chojnacka

Nurse Margiel

Bronisław Pawlik

Szczeżuja

Stefan Rydel

Sturmfuhrer von Lyx

Stanisław Milski

SS Colonel Nagel

Jerzy Kaliszewski

Major Woynicz

Leon Niemczyk

American Officer

Janusz Jaroń

Staff Officer

Jerzy Kawka

Scharführer Schkoppeck

Adam Mularczyk

Old Italian

Józef Kostecki

Wounded Actor

Aleksander Gąssowski

Theatre Director

Kazimierz Wichniarz

Sergeant Tomala

Władysław Głąbik

Grześ Gawra

Krystyna Feldman

Woman hit in the Forehead

Stefan Friedmann

Boy from Zamojszczyzna

Jerzy Kaczmarek

German, Walek's Patient

Stanisław Marian Kamiński

Italian Interpreter

Andrzej Kozak

Man wanting to join the Army

Janina Matuszczak

Girl on a Tank

Wiesław Michnikowski

Man in a Striped Uniform

Ryszard Ostromęcki

Telephone Operator

Jadwiga Sachnowska

Old German Woman

Ryszard Sawicki

Old German Man

Jerzy Szpunar

Telephone Operator

Janina Węglan

Czech Woman

Bogusz Bilewski

Corporal Sumski (uncredited)

Sylwester Chęciński

Violinist (uncredited)

Anna Ciepielewska

Giannina (uncredited)

Maria Ciesielska

Marysia (uncredited)

Mieczysław Czechowicz

WP Soldier (uncredited)

Halina Dobrowolska

(uncredited)

Ewa Dryszkiewicz

(uncredited)

Ryszard Filipski

American singing in Łódź (uncredited)

Mieczysław Gajda

(uncredited)

Barbara Horawianka

(uncredited)

Zdana Jasińska

(uncredited)

Mieczysław Kalenik

American (uncredited)

Tadeusz Kalinowski

(uncredited)

Jan Kobuszewski

Frenchman (uncredited)

Zdzisław Kuźniar

(uncredited)

Zygmunt Listkiewicz

Pole from Mława (uncredited)

Stanisław Michalski

(uncredited)

Irena Morawska

(uncredited)

Tadeusz Motel

American Soldier (uncredited)

Jerzy Nasierowski

WP Soldier (uncredited)

Stanisław Niwiński

(uncredited)

Maria Nowotarska

(uncredited)

Ludwik Paczyński

(uncredited)

Ludwik Pak

(uncredited)

Barbara Połomska

Girl at the Field Kitchen (uncredited)

Wanda Siemaszkowa

Pole (uncredited)

Włodzimierz Skoczylas

WP Soldier (uncredited)

Kazimierz Urbański

(uncredited)

Lech Wojciechowski

(uncredited)

Florian Wolny

Horst (uncredited)

Hanna Zembrzuska

Girl joining the Americans (uncredited)

Art

Zdzisław Kielanowski

Art Direction

Józef Galewski

Art Direction

Marek Iwaszkiewicz

Art Direction

Cecylia Wróblewska

Art Direction

Wiesław Śniadecki

Art Direction

Jan Grandys

Production Design

Camera

Jerzy Bielak

Assistant Camera

Edward Sierant

Assistant Camera

Franciszek Kądziołka

Assistant Camera

Mieczysław Jahoda

Assistant Camera

Władysław Forbert

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Irena Kosecka

Makeup Artist

Halina Ber

Makeup Artist

Jerzy Szeski

Costume Design

Directing

Tadeusz Makarczyński

First Assistant Director

Konrad Paradowski

Assistant Director

Stanisław Bareja

Assistant Director

Maria Starzeńska

Assistant Director

Tadeusz Aleksandrowicz

Assistant Director

Jerzy Szeski

Assistant Director

Jan Rybkowski

Director

Editing

Zenon Piórecki

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Julian Zwierzyński

Lighting Technician

Production

Zygmunt Szyndler

Production Supervisor

Jerzy Nitecki

Production Supervisor

Eugeniusz Gielba

Production Supervisor

Michal Grynblat

Unit Manager

Jerzy Rutowicz

Unit Manager

Henryk Strzebiecki

Unit Manager

Sound

Anatol Łapuchowski

Sound Assistant

Writing

Jerzy Pomianowski

Screenplay

Art

Zdzisław Kielanowski

Art Direction

Józef Galewski

Art Direction

Marek Iwaszkiewicz

Art Direction

Cecylia Wróblewska

Art Direction

Wiesław Śniadecki

Art Direction

Jan Grandys

Production Design

Camera

Jerzy Bielak

Assistant Camera

Edward Sierant

Assistant Camera

Franciszek Kądziołka

Assistant Camera

Mieczysław Jahoda

Assistant Camera

Władysław Forbert

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Irena Kosecka

Makeup Artist

Halina Ber

Makeup Artist

Jerzy Szeski

Costume Design

Directing

Tadeusz Makarczyński

First Assistant Director

Konrad Paradowski

Assistant Director

Stanisław Bareja

Assistant Director

Maria Starzeńska

Assistant Director

Tadeusz Aleksandrowicz

Assistant Director

Jerzy Szeski

Assistant Director

Jan Rybkowski

Director

Editing

Zenon Piórecki

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Julian Zwierzyński

Lighting Technician

Production

Zygmunt Szyndler

Production Supervisor

Jerzy Nitecki

Production Supervisor

Eugeniusz Gielba

Production Supervisor

Michal Grynblat

Unit Manager

Jerzy Rutowicz

Unit Manager

Henryk Strzebiecki

Unit Manager

Sound

Anatol Łapuchowski

Sound Assistant

Writing

Jerzy Pomianowski

Screenplay