How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape

How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape(1970)

04/02/1970 (US)Comedy, War, Adventure1h 26m
7.6

Overview

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.

Tadeusz Chmielewski

Director

Tadeusz Chmielewski

Screenplay

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Part of the How I Unleashed World War II

The movie tells the story of a Polish soldier Franciszek Dolas, who, as a result of comical coincidences, is convinced that he started the Second World War. Trying to redeem himself at all costs, he constantly gets into new trouble. In doing so, he finds himself on different war fronts (Yugoslavia, Mediterranean Sea, Near East, Italy) and eventually returns to Poland.

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