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Two sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, "Scherzo alla polacca", a shrewd son, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for fighting. He initially tries to avoid underground training to avoid the Warsaw uprising. His drunkenness, disregard for safety and cowardice when sober stated with humorous effect come out as something sane in the world gone mad. His will to survive is more acceptable than any desire for heroic death. The second novel, "Ostinato lugubre", details a hopeless attempt at escape from a prison camp by a man who can no longer stand the confinement and idiocy of the professional soldiers trying to keep up the military preneses in prison. Nevertheless, his escape boosts the morale of his fellow prisoners, while the "escapee" lies hidden from Germans and comrades alike." From Polish Cinema Database

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Edward Dziewonski, Barbara Polomska, Leon Niemczyk

Released: January 4, 1958

Runtime: 87.0

Popularity Rating: 0.072

Poland

Dzidzius Gorkiewicz Edward Dziewonski
Zosia Barbara Polomska
Istvan Kolya Leon Niemczyk
Kazimierz Opalinski

Art — Production Design: Jan Grandys
Camera — Director of Photography: Jerzy Wojcik
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Alicja Waltos
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Stefan Szczepanski
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Zofia Macinska
Directing — Assistant Director: Jakub Goldberg
Directing — Director: Andrzej Munk
Editing — Editor: Jadwiga Zajicek
Editing — Editor: Miroslawa Garlicka
Lighting — Lighting Technician: Stanislaw Matuszewski
Production — Production Manager: Stanislaw Adler
Sound — Music: Jan Krenz
Sound — Sound: Bohdan Jankowski
Writing — Screenplay: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Writing — Story: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski