Red Rowan

Red Rowan

1970 · 127 min · ★ 7.0 · War

The Polish Army fights to liberate Kołobrzeg from the Germans in the final months of World War 2.

Directed by Czesław Petelski · Written by Waldemar Kotowicz

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