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Wirgiliusz Gryn | ... |
General Baldyn
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Tomasz Stockinger | ... |
Mieczyslaw Pakosz 'Mroczny'
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Tomasz Zaliwski | ... |
Krupick
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Henryk Talar | ... |
Zybert
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Marek Lewandowski | ... |
Procnal
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Boguslaw Sochnacki | ... |
Wanadek
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Jerzy Janeczek | ... |
Telalej
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Stanislaw Niwinski | ... |
Stary
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Daria Trafankowska | ... |
Elka
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Zygmunt Fok | ... |
Gestapo gumshoe
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Marian Glinka | ... |
'Grom'
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Adam Koman |
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Jerzy Krasun |
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Joachim Lamza | ... |
Gestapowiec Werner
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Lech Pietrasz |
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Franciszek Szydelko |
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Andrzej Krukowski | ... |
Partyzant (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ewa Petelska | ||
Czeslaw Petelski |
Written by
Ewa Petelska | ... | () |
Czeslaw Petelski | ... | () |
Jerzy Putrament | ... | (novel) |
Music by
Jerzy Maksymiuk |
Cinematography by
Maciej Kijowski |
Editing by
Alina Faflik |
Production Design by
Jaroslaw Switoniak |
Makeup Department
Tadeusz Schossler | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Roman Kowalski | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
Mikolaj Kompan-Altman | ... | sound |
Maciej Macionga | ... | sound assistant |
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Jacek Kadlubowski | ... | stunts |
Krzysztof Kotowski | ... | stunts |
Zbigniew Modej | ... | stunts |
Jacek Ryniewicz | ... | stunts |
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Plot Summary |
Second World War, occupied Poland. Somewhere in the woods near the town of Bialystok, a partisan group, commanded by a self-proclaimed General Boldyn, is stationed. The commander demands total obedience and cannot bear objections or criticism. He shows signs of mental disorders, sometimes hardly discerning the reality from his dreams. Seeking relaxation, he hits the bottle, but this only makes things worse as he starts hallucinating. General Boldyn cannot stand idleness - it makes his autocratic tendencies grow even stronger. In order to avoid it, his subordinates start to provide him with false reports on sudden moves of German troops. The resulting decisions of the General prove wrong; a disaster becomes inevitable. "Boldyn" is more a psychological movie rather than a war story - it's focused more on relations between the commander and his subordinates, and the General's internal struggle with himself, than on the history of the time. There are only a few battle scenes throughout the movie, and in general the war appears more like a "stage design" than a component of the story. Despite being made in 1981 and based on a novel by a writer who belonged to the top brass of People's Republic of Poland, the movie is not burdened with a propaganda layer - neither the general nor the partisans are idealized, and heroism mingles with trickery and lack of moral values. Written by Marek |
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