Where is the General?
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Wacław Orzeszko is unlucky soldier, who one day decides to desert his platoon and hide out in a castle, where he meets a Red Army soldier Marusia. They discover that a German platoon is also hiding in a castle and together they must stop the Nazi soldiers from reuniting with the main army.
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Cast
27 people
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Marusia
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Jerzy Turek
Pvt. Wacław Orzeszko
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Bolesław Płotnicki
Sgt. Władysław Panasiuk
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Janosik
Stanisław Milski
General Ernst von Falkenberg
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Roman Bartosiewicz
Władek
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Czesław Górka
Andrzej Herder
Pvt. Mikułko
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Zbigniew Józefowicz
Col. Dzierzbicki
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Eugeniusz Kamiński
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Ludwik Kasendra
German Soldier
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Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa
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Wacław Kowalski
Kaziuk
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Tadeusz Chmielewski Director · Jerzy Stawicki Cinematographer Janina Niedźwiecka Editor
First release January 3, 1964 · Produced in Poland · Languages German, Polish, Russian
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Start"
Production
P.P. Film Polski
Production
Poland
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Languages
Original title
Gdzie jest generał...
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
German · Polish · Russian
Release dates
Poland · January 3, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
January 4, 1965 · Theatrical
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