A Polish POW becomes a French Foreign Legion cook via Italian submarine chaos. Seriously.
After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.
Acting
Kociniak's perpetually bewildered everyman perfection.
Writing
Seamless escalation from bad to worse to absurd.
Direction
Chmielewski's tight 72-minute chaos machine.
Director
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Marian Kociniak
Franciszek Dolas
Krystyna Borowicz
Brothel Madame
Piotr Fronczewski
Italian Sodier
Wacław Kowalski
Kiedros
Kazimierz Rudzki
Captain Ralf Peacoock
Leonard Andrzejewski
Foreign Legion Soldier
Witold Kałuski
Italian Captain
Andrzej Krasicki
Ship Captain
Zdzisław Kuźniar
Dimo Stojadinovic
Lech Ordon
Sergeant Hopkins
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Italian Soldier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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