How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape

(1970)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 66 votes

Genres: Comedy, War, Adventure

Year: 1970

Runtime: 82 мин

Country: Poland

Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski

Cast: Мариан Кочиняк, Janina Borońska, Adam Cyprian, Wirgiliusz Gryń, Здзислав Кузьняр, Józef Łodyński, Jarosław Skulski, Tomasz Zaliwski, Elżbieta Starostecka, Emil Karewicz

Plot

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.