Men of the Blue Cross

Men of the Blue Cross

55 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 12, 1955

The final film produced by Warsaw’s Documentary Film Studio is an epic re-enactment of a treacherous mission by the Voluntary Tatra Mountain Rescue Service to aid colleagues stranded behind enemy lines at the close of World War II (several real participants feature in the film). Based on a short story about the rescue by Adam Liberak, Munk’s final “documentary” is also arguably his first major exercise in the craft of narrative filmmaking.

Men of the Blue Cross

55 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 12, 1955

Men of the Blue Cross
The final film produced by Warsaw’s Documentary Film Studio is an epic re-enactment of a treacherous mission by the Voluntary Tatra Mountain Rescue Service to aid colleagues stranded behind enemy lines at the close of World War II (several real participants feature in the film). Based on a short story about the rescue by Adam Liberak, Munk’s final “documentary” is also arguably his first major exercise in the craft of narrative filmmaking.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych (WFD)
Original title Błękitny krzyż
Directors Andrzej Munk
Writers Adam Liberak, Andrzej Munk

Cast

Gustaw Holoubek

as Narrator

Elzbieta Polkowska

as Bozenka

Wojciech Siemion

as Soviet Major

Ludwik Ziemblic

as Doctor Juraj

Stanislaw Byrcyn-Gasienica

as playing himself

Stanisław Wawrytko

as ratownik