1955
6.0 (9 votes)
0h 55m
Genres
War
Drama
Production Companies
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych
Men of the Blue Cross (Błękitny krzyż)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Andrzej Munk
Writer: Andrzej Munk, Adam Liberak
Director of Photography: Sergiusz Sprudin
Top 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
