Operation Arsenal

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1978   >   Psychological drama/ action

An adaptation of true events from the Polish resistance’s history, described in Aleksander Kamiński’s „Stones on the Barricade” and Stanisław Broniewski’s „Operation Arsenal” .

A film by Jan Łomnicki, film director and screenwriter of full feature films, documentaries
and TV series.

A tale of Polish boy scout Gray Ranks’ rescue of Jan Bytnar (aka „Rudy”) and 25 other prisoners from the Gestapo in 1943. Despite unexpected difficulties the operation is successful,
but during the escape they encounter a German patrol.

A psychological action-drama based on the biographies of Polish resistance legends.


Crew:

director
Jan Łomnicki
script
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
d.o.p.
Jerzy Gościk
designer
Halina Dobrowolska
costumes
Marta Walczak, Bogdan Wiśniewski
editor
Barbara Grodner
music
Piotr Hertel
cast
Cezary Morawski, Mirosław Konarowski,
Ryszard Gajewski, Jan Englert,
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Awards:

PFFF, Gdynia
Grand Prix (Jan Łomnicki)
Materials: HD
Length: 93’

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