The Hours of Hope (1955)
In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.
Top billed cast
Zbigniew JózefowiczCaptain Walek
Krystyna KamieńskaDoctor Anna
Stanisław MikulskiLieutenant Jan Basior
Jadwiga ChojnackaNurse Margiel
Bronisław PawlikSzczeżuja
Zofia MrozowskaActress
Bohdan EjmontPietia
Stefan RydelSturmfuhrer von Lyx
Stanisław MilskiSS Colonel Nagel
Jerzy KaliszewskiMajor Woynicz
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