

Men of the Blue Cross
55 minutes1955-10-12
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The final film produced by Warsaw’s Documentary Film Studio is an epic re-enactment of a treacherous mission by the Voluntary Tatra Mountain Rescue Service to aid colleagues stranded behind enemy lines at the close of World War II (several real participants feature in the film). Based on a short story about the rescue by Adam Liberak, Munk’s final “documentary” is also arguably his first major exercise in the craft of narrative filmmaking.
Cast

Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Himself

Stanisław Wawrytko
Rescuer

Stanisław Marusarz

Stanisław Gąsienica
Lasa

Ludwik Ziemblic
Doctor Juraj

Józef Krzeptowski

Józef Wawrytko

Wojciech Siemion
Soviet Major

Elzbieta Polkowska
Bożenka

Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont

Roman Hoły

Władysław Gondek

Stefan Joniak

Jakub Wawrytko

Andrzej Walczak

Jan Krzystaniak
