Free City
1958 · 98 min · ★ 7.2 · War, Drama
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
Directed by Stanisław Różewicz · Written by Jan Józef Szczepański
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Bronisław Dardziński Kowalski -
Włodzisław Ziembiński Postman Rajca -
Kazimierz Wichniarz Kunert -
Stanisław Jasiukiewicz Lt. Konrad Guderski - J Jerzy Sliwa Postman Barcikowski
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Piotr Fronczewski Boguś Barcikowski -
Hanna Zembrzuska Irka -
Jan Machulski Janek -
Irena Netto Erna Pająkowa - D Danuta Królska Trudka
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Edward Kowalczyk Stanisław Herman -
Adam Kwiatkowski Plichta
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