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

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.

Comedy War Adventure

Marian Kociniak

(Franciszek Dolas)

Janina Borońska

Adam Cyprian

(Gulke's Brother)

Wirgiliusz Gryń

(Józek Kryska)

Zdzisław Kuźniar

(Dimo Stojadinovic)

Józef Łodyński

Jarosław Skulski

Tomasz Zaliwski

(Yugoslavian Officer)

Elżbieta Starostecka

Emil Karewicz

(Gestapo Officer in Austria)

Henryk Łapiński

(Wladysław Wachocki)

Stanisław Milski

(German General)

Kazimierz Talarczyk

Janusz Ziejewski

Ludwik Benoit

(Innkeeper (uncredited))

Zbigniew Bielski

(Soldier selling Sausages (uncredited))

Jerzy Block

(Bolek (uncredited))

Adolf Chronicki

(Polish Captain (uncredited))

Ryszard Dembiński

(German Officer (uncredited))

Bohdan Ejmont

(Officer in Stalag (uncredited))

Andrzej Herder

(Hans (uncredited))

Janusz Kłosiński

(Tavern Keeper (uncredited))

Eugeniusz Korczarowski

(Officer (uncredited))

Tadeusz Kosudarski

Jan Paweł Kruk

(Sailor (uncredited))

Zbigniew Lesień

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Mieczysław Łoza

(Polish Officer (uncredited))

Jerzy Moes

(Lieutenant Rogulski (uncredited))

Leonard Pietraszak

(Pilot (uncredited))

Leon Pietraszkiewicz

(Herbert Gulke (uncredited))

Jerzy Rogalski

(Jędrzej Grzyb (uncredited))

Henryk Staszewski

(Yugoslavian (uncredited))

Mieczysław Stoor

(General's Adjutant (uncredited))

Mirosław Szonert

(Gendarme (uncredited))

Jerzy Szpunar

(Sailor (uncredited))

Tadeusz Teodorczyk

(Guard (uncredited))

Bohdan Wróblewski

(Polish Embassy Clerk (uncredited))

Wojciech Zagórski

(Turk (uncredited))

Zygmunt Zintel

(Bolek (voice) (uncredited))