Free City

Sep 1, 1958

1h 38m

★ 7.2

Overview

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Zespół Filmowy "Rytm"

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Cast

Kowalski

Bronisław Dardziński

Postman Rajca

Włodzisław Ziembiński

Kunert

Kazimierz Wichniarz

Lt. Konrad Guderski

Stanisław Jasiukiewicz

Postman Barcikowski

Jerzy Sliwa

Boguś Barcikowski

Piotr Fronczewski

Irka

Hanna Zembrzuska

Janek

Jan Machulski

Erna Pająkowa

Irena Netto

Trudka

Danuta Królska

Stanisław Herman

Edward Kowalczyk

Plichta

Adam Kwiatkowski

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