Two soldiers, one trench, zero trust — Polish cinema's most underrated political powder keg.
Two Polish Army soldiers, both from different political backgrounds clash while fighting the Germans.
Acting
Łomnicki and Olbrychski's psychological chess match.
Direction
Morgenstern traps you in the bunker with them.
Director
Janusz Morgenstern
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Major Świętowiec
Daniel Olbrychski
Junior Lieutenant Stefan Olewicz
Marek Perepeczko
Lieutenant Marek Kolski
Barbara Brylska
Ewa Kraczyńska
Damian Damięcki
Andrzej
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Brzycki
Tadeusz Schmidt
General
Witold Pyrkosz
Lieutenant Leoniak
Eugeniusz Korczarowski
Adam
Ryszard Filipski
Kotwa (uncredited)
Zbigniew Geiger
Soldier in Beswitz (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Polish thaw, this was Morgenstern's thinly veiled critique of factional infighting within the communist party itself.
Olbrychski was only 19 during filming; his raw, untrained energy was deliberately cast against Łomnicki's polished theatrical precision.
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