The Battle of Monte Cassino

The Battle of Monte Cassino

2024 · ★ 6.2 · Drama, History, War

The story of the legendary battle through the eyes of Jedrek - a boy who went through the hell of the gulag and left Russia with the Polish Army as one of thousands of polish orphans. Soon a decisive attack on a monastery located on the hills of Monte Cassino is to take place at the front - this spectacular battle will decide the lives of many soldiers and the fate of the Allied offensive in Italy, and will change Jedrek's life forever.

Directed by Krzysztof Łukaszewicz · Written by Krzysztof Łukaszewicz

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Nicolas Przygoda Jędrek Zahorski
Leszek Lichota Editor
Michał Żurawski Władysław Anders
Magdalena Żak Pola
Szymon Piotr Warszawski Stanisław Zahorski
Mateusz Banasiuk Edmund Wilkosz
Dariusz Toczek Paramedic Brzeziński
Bartłomiej Topa Nikodem Sulik
Łukasz Garlicki Adam Studziński
Radosław Pazura Bolesław Duch
Zbigniew Stryj Zygmunt Szyszko-Bohusz
Karol Wróblewski Franciszek Rudnicki

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