Pastorale heroica

Pastorale heroica

1984 · ★ 10.0 · War, Drama

March 1945. After crossing the Oder River, one of the Polish Army units heading for Berlin encounters resistance from German defensive formations. After a fierce exchange of fire, a doctor operates on seriously wounded soldiers. Private Józef Łopuch helps him in the field hospital and also serves as a barber. Łopuch, who despite sending over twenty letters has received no reply from his wife Sabina, composes another letter assuring his wife that although war is a nasty business, nothing can happen to him, as he was born in a forge...

Directed by Henryk Bielski · Written by Jerzy Janicki

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Wirgiliusz Gryń Józef Łopuch
Krystyna Królówna Sabina, żona Łopucha
Zygmunt Malanowicz Wiktor Mucha, drugi mąż Sabiny
Teresa Lipowska Chudzina, żona listonosza
Bernard Ładysz generał
Marek Kondrat ksiądz
Janusz Kłosiński Wojtasik
Andrzej Krasicki chirurg
Leon Niemczyk pełnomocnik do spraw reformy rolnej
Janusz Paluszkiewicz Karaś
Franciszek Trzeciak kierowca
Tomasz Zaliwski dowódca leśnych

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