Free City
Genres
Overview
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
98 min
Release Date
1958-09-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Polish
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6.8
Bronisław Dardziński
Kowalski
Włodzisław Ziembiński
Postman Rajca
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Kunert
Stanisław Jasiukiewicz
Lt. Konrad Guderski
Jerzy Sliwa
Postman Barcikowski
Piotr Fronczewski
Boguś Barcikowski
Hanna Zembrzuska
Irka
Jan Machulski
Janek
Irena Netto
Erna Pająkowa
Danuta Królska
Trudka
Edward Kowalczyk
Stanisław Herman
Adam Kwiatkowski
Plichta
Zenon Burzyński
German taking part in a Brawl
Leopold Detkowski
Klimek
Stanisław Gronkowski
Kozubek
Lech Grzmociński
German Photographer
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
German at the Docks
Cezary Julski
German in a Pub
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
General
Stanisław Marian Kamiński
Polish Postman
Wacław Kowalski
Bronek Wiśniewski
Tadeusz Kosudarski
Grudzień
Zdzisław Kuźniar
Polish Postman
Zofia Lubartowska
Józef Łodyński
Polish Postman
Wanda Majerówna
Elza Herman
Hanna Małkowska
Nowakowa
Wiesława Mazurkiewicz
Kowalska
Klemens Mielczarek
Rudi Nowak
Henryk Modrzewski
Pluske
Mieczysław Nawrocki
Schmolde
Jerzy Szpunar
Polish Postman
Barbara Rachwalska
Barcikowska
Leopold Skwierczyński
Pająk
Józef Zbiróg
Gendarme talking to Schmolde
Leonard Andrzejewski
German following Rajca (uncredited)
Bogdan Baer
Polish Sailor taking part in a Brawl (uncredited)
Stefan Bartik
Postman laughing at Plichta (uncredited)
Władysław Dewoyno
German following Rajca (uncredited)
Krystyna Feldman
Zosia (uncredited)
Edmund Fetting
German Photographing Plichta (uncredited)
Ryszard Filipski
NSDAP Member taking part in a Brawl (uncredited)
Andrzej Hrydzewicz
Polish Postman (uncredited)
Zygmunt Hübner
SS Officer (uncredited)
Czesław Jaroszyński
German Soldier (uncredited)
Kalina Jędrusik
Waitress (uncredited)
Eugeniusz Kamiński
Polish Postman (uncredited)
Zbigniew Koczanowicz
German in a Pub (uncredited)
Czesław Lasota
German by the Beer Booth (uncredited)
Zdzisław Lubelski
German taking part in a Brawl (uncredited)
Stanisław Michalski
German at the Docks (uncredited)
Józef Nalberczak
Heniek (uncredited)
Sylwester Przedwojewski
German in a Pub (uncredited)
Bogusław Sochnacki
German in a Pub (uncredited)
Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe
Woman Spitting at the Defenders (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Śliwiński
German Officer (uncredited)
Alicja Zommer
Girl in a Pub (uncredited)
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