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Released
1970 · FILM

How I Unleashed World War II

Runtime
86 min
Language
PL
AdventureComedyWar

Synopsis

On the night of August 31 1939, Dolas, a member of a platoon sent to reinforce a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a railway carriage and inadvertently crosses into Germany. When he shoots a German whom he believes to be a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, leading him to conclude that his action caused the attack. He is subsequently transferred to Stalag POW camp, marking the first stage of his journey across Europe.

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Janina NiedzwieckaShot by Jerzy StawickiScored by Jerzy MatuszkiewiczDesigned by Boleslaw Kamykowski

Also known as

  • How I Unleashed World War IIde
  • Wie ich den zweiten Weltkrieg beendetede
  • How I Unleashed World War IIen
  • Comment j'ai provoqué la Seconde Guerre mondialefr

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