Devil's Ravine

Devil's Ravine

1950 · 98 min · ★ 7.5 · Crime, Adventure, Action

Shot in the beautiful scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this sensational drama revolves around a thwarted smuggling of art pieces across the Polish-Czechoslovak border to the West. Highlander Jasiek used to be a smuggler, now he is a soldier of the Border Protection Forces, serving in his homeland, in the Tatra Mountains. Under the influence of the educational work of his superiors, as well as his love for Halka, he becomes a righteous citizen. He contributes to preventing the smuggling of valuable works of art abroad organized by a Polish aristocrat and carried out by a gang.

Directed by Tadeusz Kański · Written by Umberto Barbaro

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Tadeusz Schmidt Jasiek Gazdoń
Alina Janowska Hanusia
Władysław Kaczmarski Kozłowski
Tadeusz Kański Wilczyński
Janusz Ściwiarski Fatman
Andrzej Krzeptowski-Bohac Franciszek
Stanislaw Wlodek Lieutenant
Zbigniew Skowroński Felek
Klemens Mielczarek Dzieciuch
Adam Brodzisz Sgt. Wasiak
Zdzisław Lubelski Shorty
Stanisław Woliński Kirus

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