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.

Country:

Poland

Genre:

War,

Drama

Duration:

55 minutes

Year:

1955

Director:

Andrzej Munk

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Company:

WFDiF

Cast:

Himself

Rescuer

Lasa

Doctor Juraj

Crew:

Director

Director of Photography

Writer

Editor

Writer