Men of the Blue Cross
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.
Top Billed Cast
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Himself
Stanisław Wawrytko
Rescuer
Stanisław Gąsienica
Lasa
Ludwik Ziemblic
Doctor Juraj
Featured Crew
Andrzej Munk
Director
Janusz Sowiński
Assistant Camera
Jan Riesser
First Assistant Director
Stanisław Czerwiński
Lighting Technician
Kazimierz Kucharski
Sound Assistant
Zbigniew Kowalczyk
Sound Assistant
Wilhelm Hollender
Production Manager
Tadeusz Janczak
Assistant Camera
Adam Liberak
Short Story
Zbigniew Wolski
Sound
Tadeusz Schossler
Makeup Artist
Andrzej Munk
Writer
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