Colonel Kwiatkowski

Colonel Kwiatkowski

1996 · 123 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy, History

Military doctor Kwiatkowski, serving in a barracks hospital on the Western Territories, is rewarded with a week’s leave after successfully operating on Colonel Kiziora of the UB. He and his friend steal a truck bound for Warsaw, where among the ruins of his former home he meets his prewar neighbor Krysia, instantly falls in love, and, after a brawl with a Russian officer at a dance in the surviving “Polonia” hotel, pretends to be a high-ranking UB colonel to save face.

Directed by Kazimierz Kutz · Written by Jerzy Stefan Stawiński

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Marek Kondrat Andrzej Kwiatkowski
Zbigniew Zamachowski sierżant Dudek
Renata Dancewicz Krysia
Adam Ferency pułkownik Kizior
Artur Barciś kapitan Malec
Andrzej Blumenfeld Major Rozen
Krzysztof Globisz Mieczysław Moczar
Tomasz Schimscheiner Kowicki
Piotr Urbaniak Bidak
Witold Wieliński członek obstawy pułkownika Kwiatkowskiego
Barbara Horawianka właścicielka pensjonatu w Spale
Elżbieta Karkoszka matka Romana Sankowskiego aresztowanego przez UB

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