The Deserters

Release date: 09/22/1986

Genres:

Comedy, History, War, Adventure

Countries:

Poland

Rating:

7.2

Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.

Actors

Marek Kondrat

Jan Kania

Wiktor Zborowski

Moryc Haber

Krzysztof Kowalewski

Szef kompanii

Wojciech Pokora

von Nogay

Zoltán Bezerédy

Benedek

Anna Gornostaj

Mitzi

Kalina Jędrusik

Madame Elli, kierowniczka domu publicznego

Jerzy Michotek

kucharz Koperka

Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski

Giuseppe Baldini, włoski jeniec wojenny (ordynans von Nogaya)

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

kapitan Wagner

Janusz Bukowski

kapral Ulmbach

Marek Frąckowiak

kapral Bernstein

Stefan Friedmann

fotograf Kurz

Edward Dziewoński

lekarz

Leon Niemczyk

wachmistrz żandarmerii

Róbert Koltai

Chudej, czeski drukarz z Pragi

Marzena Trybała

kochanka von Nogaya

Mariusz Dmochowski

generał

Grażyna Trela

Ruda

Olgierd Łukaszewicz

słowacki dezerter z lasu

Jan Tadeusz Stanisławski

oficer przy transporcie koni

Jan Jurewicz

żołnierz-oferma

Paweł Unrug

weteran

Lech Ordon

Feldfebel w burdelu

Jan Orsza-Łukasiewicz

starszy pan

Andrzej Grąziewicz

asysta generała (pułkownik)

Jan Piechociński

asysta generała (porucznik)

Maria Kaniewska

pianistka

Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta

panienka

Tadeusz Chudecki

ordynans kapitana Wagnera

Edward Żentara

porucznik

Wiesław Drzewicz

profesor w burdelu

The Deserters

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