The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists.
Acting
Wiesław Gołas carries exhaustion like it's his uniform.
Direction
The Petelskis shoot chaos with claustrophobic precision.
Director
Ewa Petelska
Wiesław Gołas
Hipolit Kaleń
Leon Niemczyk
Saszko
Józef Kostecki
Captain Wierzbicki
Józef Łodyński
Lieutenant Matula
Zdzisław Karczewski
Colonel Tomaszewski
Janusz Kłosiński
Major Żubryd
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Żubryd's Deputy
Janusz Strachocki
Dwernicki
Sylwester Przedwojewski
Lieutenant Daszewski
Tadeusz Somogi
Sergeant "Zawieja"
Henryk Hunko
"Piorun"
Jerzy Antczak
Kazimierz Dębicki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Poland's communist era, the film's sympathetic portrayal of anti-communist fighters was remarkably bold—and barely distributed domestically.
The UPA depicted here were Ukrainian insurgents who actually committed ethnic cleansing in Volhynia; Polish cinema rarely touched this mutual brutality.
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