

Olympic Fire
1970-02-10 · 87 min · ★ 9.0
During World War 2 Polish skiers take up a fight against the Germans and become couriers, delivering mail to Budapest.
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- Directors
- Lech Lorentowicz
- Production companies
- Zespół Filmowy "Iluzjon"
- Countries
- Poland
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Jadwiga AndrzejewskaHanka's Mother
Wanda NeumannHanka
Tadeusz KalinowskiCpt. 'Szarotka'
Edmund FettingGestapo Chief
Jerzy JogałłaWładek
Józef MorgałaMaciek
Zygmunt MaciejewskiTrainer Schmidt
Aleksander BednarzGerman Officer
Andrzej Buszewicz
Jacek DomańskiFranek
Zbigniew Filus
Krzysztof Fus
Mirosław GruszczyńskiJanek
Leszek HerdegenMajor
Andrzej HerderArtur Ringer
Jerzy JaneczekWojtek
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