Overview
Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
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Setting
Set in Poland
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Music
Music by Jan Krenz
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jerzy Wójcik
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jerzy Stefan StawińskiScreenplay
- Original title
- Eroica: Symfonia bohaterska w dwóch częściach
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 4, 1958
- Original language
- Polish
- Countries
- Poland
Streaming on
In the United States
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Cast
Edward DziewońskiDzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Józef NowakLt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Barbara PołomskaZosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Ignacy MachowskiMajor (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Leon NiemczykLt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz OpalińskiPolish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zofia CzerwińskaLula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy FelczyńskiHungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Hubczenko(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zygmunt Listkiewicz(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Eleonora LorentzOld Woman (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Bogdan BaerHungarian officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca"
Stanisław BarejaPolish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Andrzej GawrońskiPolish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Emil KarewiczPolish Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Tomasz LengrenBoy Scout (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Halina Mikołajska(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Michał SzewczykPolish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy TurekPolish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman WilhelmiPolish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
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