Dodek at the Front

Dodek at the Front

1936 · 82 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy, War

During World War I in 1916, Austrian soldier Dodek Wędzonka is mistaken for a Russian lieutenant and freed by a Russian patrol, only to be quartered at the seized Majewo estate - home of his own superior, Lieutenant Majewski.

Directed by Michał Waszyński · Written by Napoleon Sądek

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