Men of the Blue Cross (1955)
October 12, 1955Release Date
Men of the Blue Cross (1955)
October 12, 1955Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica
Himself
Stanisław Wawrytko
Rescuer
Stanisław Marusarz
Stanisław Gąsienica
Lasa
Ludwik Ziemblic
Doctor Juraj
Józef Krzeptowski
Józef Wawrytko
Wojciech Siemion
Soviet Major
Elzbieta Polkowska
Bożenka
Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont
Roman Hoły
Gustaw Holoubek
Narrator (voice)
Andrzej Munk
Director / Writer
Tadeusz Janczak
Assistant Camera
Wilhelm Hollender
Production Manager
Jan Riesser
First Assistant Director
Stanisław Czerwiński
Lighting Technician
Adam Liberak
Short Story / Writer
Janusz Sowiński
Assistant Camera
Zbigniew Kowalczyk
Sound Assistant
Kazimierz Kucharski
Sound Assistant
Zbigniew Wolski
Sound
Tadeusz Schossler
Makeup Artist
Sergiusz Sprudin
Director of Photography
Jadwiga Zajiček
Editor
Jan Krenz
Original Music Composer
Jakub Wawrytko
Władysław Gondek
Andrzej Walczak
Stefan Joniak
Jan Krzystaniak
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 12, 1955
Original NameBłękitny krzyż
StatusReleased
Running Time55m
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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.