On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

Andrzej Chyra
as Jerzy

Maja Ostaszewska
as Anna

Artur Żmijewski
as Andrzej

Danuta Stenka
as General's Wife

Jan Englert
as General

Magdalena Cielecka
as Agnieszka

Agnieszka Glińska
as School Director

Paweł Małaszyński
as Pilot Lieutenant

Maja Komorowska
as Professor's Wife

Władysław Kowalski
as Professor U. J.
CinemaSerf
I'm not sure I've ever seen a war film wherein the Nazis and the Soviets actually tried to hold the other accountable for some of the atrocities in Poland, so this film serves as quite an eye-opener. It's September 1939 and the ordinary Polish citizenry didn't know where to turn. Their cities are be...