How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape

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.

Discover

Marian Kociniak

Franciszek Dolas

Adam Cyprian

Gulke's Brother

Wirgiliusz Gryń

Józek Kryska

Zdzisław Kuźniar

Dimo Stojadinovic

Tomasz Zaliwski

Yugoslavian Officer

Emil Karewicz

Gestapo Officer in Austria

Henryk Łapiński

Wladysław Wachocki

Stanisław Milski

German General

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)

Jan Paweł Kruk

Sailor (uncredited)

Zbigniew Lesień

Prisoner (uncredited)

Mieczysław Łoza

Polish Officer (uncredited)

Jerzy Moes

Lieutenant Rogulski (uncredited)

Leonard Pietraszak

Pilot (uncredited)

Leon Pietraszkiewicz

Herbert Gulke (uncredited)

Jerzy Rogalski

Jędrzej Grzyb (uncredited)

Henryk Staszewski

Yugoslavian (uncredited)

Mieczysław Stoor

General's Adjutant (uncredited)

Mirosław Szonert

Gendarme (uncredited)

Jerzy Szpunar

Sailor (uncredited)

Tadeusz Teodorczyk

Guard (uncredited)

Bohdan Wróblewski

Polish Embassy Clerk (uncredited)

Wojciech Zagórski

Turk (uncredited)

Zygmunt Zintel

Bolek (voice) (uncredited)

Art

Bolesław Kamykowski

Production Design

Albin Wejman

Assistant Production Design

Juliusz Czajkowski

Assistant Production Design

Tadeusz Myszorek

Assistant Production Design

Tatiana Manżett

Assistant Production Design

Camera

Jerzy Stawicki

Director of Photography

Jan Janczewski

Camera Operator

Leon Jankowski

Assistant Camera

Jerzy Majak

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Irmina Romanis

Makeup Artist

Lidia Rzeszewska

Costume Design

Marta Kobierska

Costume Design

Janusz Elke

Assistant Makeup Artist

Anna Lewandowska

Assistant Makeup Artist

Directing

Stanislawa Skorupianka

Assistant Director

Romuald Staszkiewicz

Assistant Director

Konrad Paradowski

First Assistant Director

Halina Chmielewska

First Assistant Director

Editing

Aurelia Rut

Assistant Editor

Production

Michał Sosiński

Unit Manager

Ludgierd Romanis

Production Manager

Anna Rdest

Unit Manager

Józef Drzewicki

Unit Manager

Sound

Zygmunt Nowak

Sound Assistant

Piotr Marczewski

Music Consultant

Janusz Rosół

Sound Assistant

Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Original Music Composer

Art

Bolesław Kamykowski

Production Design

Albin Wejman

Assistant Production Design

Juliusz Czajkowski

Assistant Production Design

Tadeusz Myszorek

Assistant Production Design

Tatiana Manżett

Assistant Production Design

Camera

Jerzy Stawicki

Director of Photography

Jan Janczewski

Camera Operator

Leon Jankowski

Assistant Camera

Jerzy Majak

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Irmina Romanis

Makeup Artist

Lidia Rzeszewska

Costume Design

Marta Kobierska

Costume Design

Janusz Elke

Assistant Makeup Artist

Anna Lewandowska

Assistant Makeup Artist

Directing

Stanislawa Skorupianka

Assistant Director

Romuald Staszkiewicz

Assistant Director

Konrad Paradowski

First Assistant Director

Halina Chmielewska

First Assistant Director

Editing

Aurelia Rut

Assistant Editor

Production

Michał Sosiński

Unit Manager

Ludgierd Romanis

Production Manager

Anna Rdest

Unit Manager

Józef Drzewicki

Unit Manager

Sound

Zygmunt Nowak

Sound Assistant

Piotr Marczewski

Music Consultant

Janusz Rosół

Sound Assistant

Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Original Music Composer