

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.

Marian Kociniak
Franciszek Dolas
Lead
Janina Borońska
Elżbieta

Adam Cyprian
Gulke's Brother

Wirgiliusz Gryń
Józek Kryska

Zdzisław Kuźniar
Dimo Stojadinovic

Józef Łodyński
Stoker

Jarosław Skulski
Colonel

Tomasz Zaliwski
Yugoslavian Officer
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