Olympics 40

Synopsis

The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits. A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the staff of a prison camp. He sees a Pole, the acknowledged leader of the Polish prisoners, against whom he had competed during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. He asks the Pole to train with him but is refused; the Pole points out out that he is a prisoner and nothing more. But that plants the seed and the Pole proposes and Olympics 40 to be held among the prisoners. They ingeniously make a flag and medals, set up a number of races; a croaching hop race is unwittingly organized by a German prison guard who uses it as a torture. The German lieutenant knows that something is going on but cannot find out. Finally the Germans realize the idea and the Polish chief is sent to concentration camp but the others disobey the orders.

Main Cast

Mariusz Benoit

Piotr

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Jerzy Bończak

Jacques

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Tadeusz Galia

Leon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Krzysztof Janczar

Andrzej

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Ryszard Kotys

strażnik Schlappke

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Igor Przegrodzki

major Hans von Klabe, komendant obozu

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Wojciech Pszoniak

Otto Schultze

Age : 78 | Popularity : 10%

Marek Siudym

Jan Mroczek

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Andrzej Kotkowski
Writing	Screenplay	Michał Komar Andrzej Kotkowski
Sound	Music	Andrzej Korzyński
	Sound	Norbert Zbigniew Mędlewski
Editing	Editor	Irena Choryńska
Camera	Director of Photography	Witold Adamek
Art	Production Design	Zbigniew Ostoja-Zagórski Edmund Siekierski
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Aurelia Łopatowska
Department	Role	Name

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