Eagle (1959)
Orzeł
Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board.
- Date of release
- 1959-02-07
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Director
- Leonard Buczkowski
Casting
- Wieńczysław Gliński — Captain Grabiński
- Aleksander Sewruk — Commander Kozłowski
- Jan Machulski — Lieutenant Pilecki
- Roland Głowacki — Lieutenant Roland
- Andrzej Herder — Second Lieutenant Morawski
- Bronisław Pawlik — Mate Rokosz
- Zbigniew Filus — Senior Bosman Wacław Pierzchała
- Henryk Bąk — Bosman Leon Wiktorczyk
- Ignacy Machowski — Bosman Mirta
- Michał Gazda — Mate Okoń
- Józef Łodyński — Mate Baczek
- Tadeusz Gwiazdowski — Bosman Bryt
Interesting facts
The Eagle is a 1959 Polish war film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. It is based on the true story of the Polish World War II submarine ORP Orzeł. Since the real Orzeł was sunk in the war, to assure authenticity her role was played by her sister ship, the ORP Sęp. The film was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
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