Olympics 40

Olympics 40 (1980)


  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1980-06-23
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Zespół Filmowy "X"
  • Production Country: Poland
  • Director: Andrzej Kotkowski
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Summary

The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits. A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the staff of a prison camp. He sees a Pole, the acknowledged leader of the Polish prisoners, against whom he had competed during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. He asks the Pole to train with him but is refused; the Pole points out out that he is a prisoner and nothing more. But that plants the seed and the Pole proposes and Olympics 40 to be held among the prisoners. They ingeniously make a flag and medals, set up a number of races; a croaching hop race is unwittingly organized by a German prison guard who uses it as a torture. The German lieutenant knows that something is going on but cannot find out. Finally the Germans realize the idea and the Polish chief is sent to concentration camp but the others disobey the orders.

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  • Mariusz Benoit

    as Piotr
  • Jerzy Bończak

    as Jacques
  • Tadeusz Galia

    as Leon
  • Krzysztof Janczar

    as Andrzej
  • Ryszard Kotys

    as strażnik Schlappke
  • Igor Przegrodzki

    as major Hans von Klabe, komendant obozu
  • Wojciech Pszoniak

    as Otto Schultze
  • Marek Siudym

    as Jan Mroczek
  • Bolesław Abart

    as strażnik Fritz
  • Aleksander Kalinowski

    as O'Brian
  • Leonard Szewczuk

    as Francis
  • Jan Hencz

    as starszy grupy Belgów
  • Andrzej Rausz

    as starszy grupy Norwegów
  • Stanisław Jaskułka

    as jeniec - rowerzysta
  • Władysław Kornak

    as
  • Ferdynand Matysik

    as Rudi, lekarz niemiecki
  • Edwin Petrykat

    as
Directing Andrzej Kotkowski Director
Editing Irena Choryńska Editor
Writing Michał Komar Screenplay
Sound Andrzej Korzyński Music
Writing Andrzej Kotkowski Screenplay
Sound Norbert Zbigniew Mędlewski Sound
Art Edmund Siekierski Production Design
Art Zbigniew Ostoja-Zagórski Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Aurelia Łopatowska Makeup Artist
Camera Witold Adamek Director of Photography

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