Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Language
- Polish
- Country
- Poland
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Polish — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- world war ii
- mistaken identity
The bill
Marian Kociniak
Franciszek Dolas
Janina Borońska
Elżbieta
Adam Cyprian
Gulke's Brother
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Józek Kryska
- Zdzisław Kuźniar — Dimo Stojadinovic
- Józef Łodyński — Stoker
- Jarosław Skulski — Colonel
- Tomasz Zaliwski — Yugoslavian Officer
- Elżbieta Starostecka — Singer
- Emil Karewicz — Gestapo Officer in Austria
- Henryk Łapiński — Wladysław Wachocki
- Stanisław Milski — German General
- Kazimierz Talarczyk — Woydyłło
- Janusz Ziejewski — Feldfebel
- Ludwik Benoit — Innkeeper (uncredited)
- Directed
- Tadeusz Chmielewski
- Written
- Tadeusz Chmielewski
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 66 ratings
- Studio
- PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1970How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Where it starts.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
1970 · You’re here
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