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The Eagle (Polish: Orzeł) is a 1959 Polish war film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. It is based on the true story of the Polish World War II submarine ORP Orzeł. Since the real Orzeł was sunk in the war, to assure authenticity her role was played by her sister ship, the ORP Sęp. The film was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
The story is inspired by the Tallinn-episode of the Polish submarine Orzel, which entered, in September 1939, the harbour of neutral Estonia and left its commanding officer with symptoms of illness. The Estonian authorities tried to intern the submarine, under pressure from the Nazi-Germany, but it escaped.
Original Release
02/07/1959
Cast
Name | Character |
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Wienczyslaw Glinski | Capt. Grabinski / Captain Grabiński |
Aleksander Sewruk | Cmdr. Kozlowski / Commander Kozłowski |
Jan Machulski | Lt. Pilecki / Lieutenant Pilecki |
Roland Glowacki | Lt. Roland / Lieutenant Roland |
Andrzej Herder | Lt. Morawski / Second Lieutenant Morawski |
Bronislaw Pawlik | PO2 Rokosz / Mate Rokosz |
Zbigniew Filus | Boatswain Waclaw Pierzchala / Senior Bosman Wacław Pierzchała |
Henryk Bąk | Boatswain Leon Wiktorczyk / Bosman Leon Wiktorczyk |
Ignacy Machowski | Boatswain Mirta / Bosman Mirta |
Michal Gazda | PO2 Okon / Mate Okoń |
Directors
Writers
Leonard Buczkowski, Janusz Meissner
Cast
Name | Character |
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Wienczyslaw Glinski | Capt. Grabinski / Captain Grabiński |
Aleksander Sewruk | Cmdr. Kozlowski / Commander Kozłowski |
Jan Machulski | Lt. Pilecki / Lieutenant Pilecki |
Roland Glowacki | Lt. Roland / Lieutenant Roland |
Andrzej Herder | Lt. Morawski / Second Lieutenant Morawski |
Bronislaw Pawlik | PO2 Rokosz / Mate Rokosz |
Zbigniew Filus | Boatswain Waclaw Pierzchala / Senior Bosman Wacław Pierzchała |
Henryk Bąk | Boatswain Leon Wiktorczyk / Bosman Leon Wiktorczyk |
Ignacy Machowski | Boatswain Mirta / Bosman Mirta |
Michal Gazda | PO2 Okon / Mate Okoń |
Józef Lodynski | PO2 Baczek / Mate Baczek |
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski | Boatswain Bryt / Bosman Bryt |
Jerzy Nowak | PO2 Sznuk / Mate Sznuk |
Czeslaw Piaskowski | Boatswain Serafin / Bosman Serafin |
Marian Nowicki | Polish Attache in Tallin |
Kazimierz Wilamowski | Estonian Admiral |
Stanislaw Milski | Höze, Deputy Commandant at Tallin Harbour |
Lech Wojciechowski | Höze's Secretary |
Ryszard Filipski | Estonian Soldier |
Jerzy Kozakiewicz | Estonian Soldier |