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

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Audience Score
78
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
NR 1 hr 26 minWar, Adventure, ComedyHow I Unleashed World War II PosterPart of How I Unleashed World War II
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.
StarringMarian KociniakJanina BorońskaAdam Cyprian
DirectorTadeusz Chmielewski

Movie Details

Original Language:Polish
Production Companies:PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"
Movie Tags:
world war iimistaken identity

How I Unleashed World War II

The movie tells the story of a Polish soldier Franciszek Dolas, who - as a result of comical coincidences - is convinced that he started the Second World War. Trying to redeem himself at all costs, he constantly gets into new trouble. In doing so, he finds himself on different war fronts (Yugoslavia, Mediterranean Sea, Near East, Italy) and eventually returns to Poland.