Summaries

A universal story about entering adulthood in difficult times, growing up to the community. The great history is the background for the love story unfolding in the foreground: Józek, a deserter from the tsarists army who joins the emerging Legions, an intelligence agent for the I Brigade and Women's Leage member - Ola, and Tadek, her fiancee, a member of Shooting Team. Apart from fictitious characters whose stories were modeled on the biographies of real legionnaires, many historical figures appear in the film. Among them: Brigadier Józef Pilsudski, Lieutenant Stanislaw Kaszubski, pseud. "King" and many others. The film focuses on the Legion's combat trail from1914-1916, from the departure from Oleandry to the battle of Kosciuchnowka and show the most dramatic cards of the legionary epic, including the famous attack of uhlans at Rokitna - one of the most spectacular scenes in the film.—ron_whisky

Details

Keywords
  • world war one
  • patriotism
  • army uniform
  • melodrama
  • polish military
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • History
  • War
Release date Sep 19, 2019
Countries of origin Poland
Language Polish
Filming locations Bieszczady Mountains, Podkarpackie, Poland
Production companies Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF) Warszawa Picaresque Polcar - Andrzej Senkowski

Box office

Gross worldwide $1406771

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 20m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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