''The Eagle'' ( pl, Orzeł) is a 1959 Polish

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

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'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Selec ...

. It is based on the true story of the Polish

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

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 Br ...

. The story is inspired by the

Orzeł incident The ''Orzeł'' incident occurred at the beginning of World War II in September 1939, when the interned Polish submarine escaped from Tallinn, in neutral Estonia, to the United Kingdom. The Stalinist Soviet Union used the incident as one of th ...

, when ''Orzel'', entered, in September 1939, the harbour of neutral

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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 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 as Mate Rokosz * Andrzej Harder as Ensing Morawski *Zbigniew Filus as Bossman Wacał Pierzchała *

Henryk Bąk Henryk Bąk (2 January 1923 – 29 August 1987) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1952 and 1980. Selected filmography * '' Eroica'' (1958) * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) * ''Milczące ślady'' (1961) ...

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. Selected filmography References External links * 1920 births 2001 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery P ...

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 ...

(polish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Eagle 1959 films 1950s Polish-language films World War II submarine films Polish black-and-white films Films set in the Baltic Sea Polish war films 1959 war films Polish World War II films Films set in Estonia Films set in Tallinn

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