Andrzej MunkCast
Edward Dziewonski Barbara Polomska Ignacy Machowski Leon Niemczyk Kazimierz Opalinski Zofia Czerwinska
Credits
Written by: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Plot
In two stories of the Warsaw Uprising, a cowardly black marketeer is drawn into heroism, and four officers in a prisoner-of-war camp wait for the myth of a hero, in an ironic war film.
Sinekatalog’s take
A sharp and ironic Polish classic about heroism.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (1,438 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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