Men of the Blue Cross (1955)

55m
Running Time

October 12, 1955
Release Date

Men of the Blue Cross (1955)

55m
Running Time

October 12, 1955
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica

Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica

Himself

Stanisław Wawrytko

Stanisław Wawrytko

Rescuer

Stanisław Marusarz

Stanisław Marusarz

Stanisław Gąsienica

Stanisław Gąsienica

Lasa

Ludwik Ziemblic

Ludwik Ziemblic

Doctor Juraj

Józef Krzeptowski

Józef Krzeptowski

Józef Wawrytko

Józef Wawrytko

Wojciech Siemion

Wojciech Siemion

Soviet Major

Elzbieta Polkowska

Elzbieta Polkowska

Bożenka

Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont

Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont

Roman Hoły

Roman Hoły

Gustaw Holoubek

Gustaw Holoubek

Narrator (voice)

Andrzej Munk

Andrzej Munk

Director / Writer

Janusz Sowiński

Janusz Sowiński

Assistant Camera

Jan Riesser

Jan Riesser

First Assistant Director

Stanisław Czerwiński

Stanisław Czerwiński

Lighting Technician

Jadwiga Zajiček

Jadwiga Zajiček

Editor

Jan Krenz

Jan Krenz

Original Music Composer

Jakub Wawrytko

Jakub Wawrytko

Władysław Gondek

Władysław Gondek

Andrzej Walczak

Andrzej Walczak

Stefan Joniak

Stefan Joniak

Jan Krzystaniak

Jan Krzystaniak

Details.

Release Date
October 12, 1955

Original Name
Błękitny krzyż

Status
Released

Running Time
55m

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

world war ii
rescue
behind enemy lines

Wiki.

Men of the Blue Cross (Polish: Błękitny krzyż) is a Polish war narrative-documentary film from 1955 directed by Andrzej Munk, based on Adam Liberak's short story Journey for Life. The film reconstructs the authentic action of the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue, which in February 1945 evacuated a partisan mountain hospital through the German-Soviet front line during World War II. In the Men of the Blue Cross, narrated by Gustaw Holoubek, some of the participants of that action appeared, including Stanisław Gąsienica Byrcyn and Stanisław Marusarz.

Men of the Blue Cross served as a bridge for Munk between his previous documentary work and later achievements in narrative filmmaking. However, the experiment of combining two types of film did not appeal to the contemporary film critics, who criticized Munk for indecisiveness regarding the adopted convention. Only years later was the Men of the Blue Cross partially rehabilitated, largely due to the presence of non-professional actors and the cinematography of Sergiusz Sprudin.

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