''The Eagle'' () is a 1959 Polish

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by

Leonard Buczkowski Leonard Buczkowski (5 August 1900 – 19 February 1967) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 23 films between 1928 and 1966. His 1959 film ''The Eagle (1959 film), The Eagle'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International ...

. It is based on the true story of the Polish

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

submarine . Since the real ''Orzeł'' was sunk in the war, to assure authenticity her role was played by her sister ship, the . The film was entered into the

1st Moscow International Film Festival The 1st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 3 to 17 August 1959. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Soviet film '' Destiny of a Man'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury) * Antonin B ...

. The story is inspired by the Orzeł incident, when ''Orzeł'' entered, in September 1939, the harbour of neutral

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and left its commanding officer with symptoms of illness. The Estonian authorities tried to intern the submarine, under pressure from

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and the

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, but it escaped.

Cast

Aleksander Sewruk Aleksander Sewruk (17 January 1912 – 23 November 1974) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 20 films between 1954 and 1974. At the 1st Moscow International Film Festival he won a Silver Medal for acting for his role in the film ' ...

as Commander Henryk Kłoczkowski *

Wieńczysław Gliński Wieńczysław Gliński (10 May 1921 – 8 July 2008) was a Polish stage and film actor. He was a member of the Polish resistance movement Home Army during World War II. He was also a prisoner in the Nazi German concentration camp Majdanek. ...

as Captain Jan Grabiński *

Jan Machulski Jan Henryk Machulski (3 July 1928 – 20 November 2008) was a Polish theater director, as well as a film and theatrical actor. He appeared in more than 45 film roles and 70 theater roles throughout his career. Personal life Machulski was born in ...

as Lieutenant Pilecki * Roland Głowacki as Lieutenant Roland *

Bronisław Pawlik Bronisław Pawlik (8 January 1926 – 6 May 2002) was a Polish actor. He starred in the TV series ''Stawka większa niż życie'' and 1978 comedy film ''What Will You Do When You Catch Me?''. At the 1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959) he ...

as Mate Rokosz * Andrzej Harder as Ensing Morawski *Zbigniew Filus as Bossman Wacał Pierzchała * Henryk Bąk as Bossman Leon Wiktorczyk *

Ignacy Machowski Ignacy Machowski (5 July 1920 – 11 January 2001) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1954 to 1999. Filmography References External links * 1920 births 2001 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery Polish mal ...

as Bossman Marita *Czesław Piaskowski as Bossman Serafin

References

External links

* *''The Eagle'' on

Filmweb Filmweb is an online database of information related to films, television series, actors and film crew personnel. Since 2011, the database also contains video games. Filmweb was launched on March 18, 1998. It is a Polish-language site, and the la ...

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Cast

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