A half-Russian, half-Polish Greek spy sabotages Nazis while everyone side-eyes his passport.
Jerzy Szajnowicz-Ivanov, the son of a Polish mother and a Russian father, raised in Greece, reports to the Carpathian Brigade in the spring of 1941. While the Poles are wary of him at first, he proves his worth by taking part in several sabotage actions against the Nazis.
Production
Shot on location in Bulgaria standing in for Greece — you can feel the budget stretching.
Acting
Karol Strasburger carries the whole 'who am I really' angst with surprising charm.
Director
Zbigniew Kuźmiński
Karol Strasburger
Jerzy Szajnowicz-Iwanow
Barbara Bargiełowska
Marianna Jantos
Aleksander Iwaniec
Stratos
Stoycho Mazgalov
Kondopulos
Helena Norowicz
Courier
Józef Para
Dr. Fortis
Bogomil Simeonov
Dimitros Fortis
Monika Sołubianka
Gabriela Coronis
Zdzisław Tobiasz
Valdi
Tadeusz Białoszczyński
Damaskinos
Jerzy Bielenia
Savopulos
Witold Dębicki
Radio Operator
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Jerzy Szajnowicz-Iwanov was a Greek-Polish athlete turned SOE operative; the film soft-pedals his British intelligence ties for obvious 1972 Poland reasons.
This was a Polish-Bulgarian co-production during the communist era, which explains why the Greek resistance looks suspiciously like Eastern European partisans in better tans.
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