How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)

Comedy
War
Adventure

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.

Cast

Franciszek Dolas
Wladysław Wachocki
German General
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Soldier selling Sausages (uncredited)
Bolek (uncredited)
Polish Captain (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
Officer in Stalag (uncredited)
Gulke's Brother
Hans (uncredited)
Tavern Keeper (uncredited)
Officer (uncredited)
Sailor (uncredited)
Prisoner (uncredited)
Polish Officer (uncredited)
Lieutenant Rogulski (uncredited)
Pilot (uncredited)
Herbert Gulke (uncredited)
Józek Kryska
Jędrzej Grzyb (uncredited)
Yugoslavian (uncredited)
General's Adjutant (uncredited)
Gendarme (uncredited)
Sailor (uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Polish Embassy Clerk (uncredited)
Turk (uncredited)
Bolek (voice) (uncredited)
Dimo Stojadinovic
Yugoslavian Officer
Gestapo Officer in Austria

Crew

Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Production Design
First Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Camera Operator
Assistant Camera
Assistant Camera
Assistant Production Design
Assistant Production Design
Assistant Production Design
Assistant Production Design
Costume Design
Costume Design
Music Consultant
Sound Assistant
Sound Assistant
Assistant Editor
Makeup Artist
Assistant Makeup Artist
Assistant Makeup Artist
Production Manager
Unit Manager