Polar Bear
7.0
A Jewish man who escapes a Nazi transport hides in a Polish ski resort town by posing for photos with tourists dressed as a polar bear.
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31 people
Gustaw Holoubek
Henryk Fogiel
Known for
The Saragossa Manuscript
The Hourglass Sanatorium
Stanisław Milski
The Professor
Known for
Ashes and Diamonds
Pharaoh
Robert Azderball
Jerzy Zarzycki
Jerzy Skrzepinski
Adam Pawlikowski
Major Rudolf von Henneberg
Known for
Ashes and Diamonds
Kanal
Jerzy Broszkiewicz
Teresa Tuszyńska
Anna
Also in
Goodbye, Till Tomorrow
Full Ahead
Roman Frister
Tomira Matyjaszkiewicz
Stanisław Mikulski
Michał Pawlicki
Known for
Kanal
Teddy Bear
Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz
Jerzy Zarzycki Director · Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz Screenplay Konrad Nałęcki Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Jerzy Zarzycki
Screenplay Cinematographer
Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz
Screenplay
Konrad Nałęcki
Story
Robert Azderball
Story
Roman Frister
Editor
Tomira Matyjaszkiewicz
Editor
Maria Karpowicz
Production designer Costume designer
Jerzy Skrzepiński
Production designer Costume designer
Maria Szafran
First release December 3, 1959 · Produced in Poland · Production P.P. Film Polski
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Syrena"
Production
P.P. Film Polski
Production · Distribution
Poland
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Original title
Biały niedźwiedź
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · December 3, 1959
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
June 28, 1963
Hungary
October 20, 1960
Romania
March 6, 1961 · Theatrical · cinema "Republica", "Elena Pavel", "Moșilor" și "Volga" din București
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