Black Cross
(1960)
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Black Cross
(1960)
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Urszula Modrzynska | ... |
Jagienka Zychówna
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Grazyna Staniszewska | ... |
Danusia
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Andrzej Szalawski | ... |
Jurand of Spychów
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Henryk Borowski | ... |
Siegfried de Löwe
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Aleksander Fogiel | ... |
Macko of Bogdaniec
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Mieczyslaw Kalenik | ... |
Zbyszko of Bogdaniec
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Emil Karewicz | ... |
Wladyslaw II. Jagiello - King of Poland and Lithuania
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Tadeusz Kosudarski | ... |
Bother Rotgier
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Lucyna Winnicka | ... |
Duchess Anna Danuta of Masovia
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Tadeusz Bialoszczynski | ... |
Duke Janusz I Mazowiecki
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Mieczyslaw Voit | ... |
Kuno von Liechtenstein
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Janusz Strachocki | ... |
Konrad von Jungingen
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Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz | ... |
Ulrich von Jungingen
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Leon Niemczyk | ... |
Fulko de Lorche
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Zbigniew Skowronski | ... |
Tolima
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A tale of a young impoverished nobleman, who with his uncle returns from a war against the order of the Teutonic Knights in Lithuania. He falls in love with a beautiful woman and pledges an oath to bring her "three trophies" from the Teutonic Knights. Written by Anonymous
Polish cinema is always good at adapting heroic war films like Potop or Ogniem I Mieczem. This one, based upon the book of the Noble Prize winner, Henryk Sienkiewycz, is a real hit. The directors managed to adapt this large and serious historical novel to a screen version. The plot tells about the wars between Poland and the Knights who were called the Crerss Bearers and lived in old Prussia nearby. The thrilling story tells about two brave and valiant Polish knights, Macko and Zbyszek. This story has everything - love story, tragedy of the Polish people being oppressed by the knights of Prussia, the heroic struggle, and on top of it all, the Grunwald Battle, that was the deafening defeat of the Prussian knights and lead to the changes in their history after that. Music, operators' work, actors' play, especially the parts of Henryk Borowski and Mieczyslaw Voit are impeccable. This is a fine example of the classic Polish battle movies.