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The Eagle

The Eagle (1959)★ 7.2/10

PL · 104 min · February 7, 1959

  • Drama
  • War

Directed by: Leonard Buczkowski

Written by: Leonard Buczkowski, Janusz Meissner

Based on a true story of the Polish submarine ORP Orzel (Eagle). In September 1939, Orzel docks in the neutral Estonian harbor of Tallin. Under pressure from Germany, the Estonians have interned the boat. With only a small amount of fuel on board and his charts having been confiscated, Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea.

Directed by

Leonard Buczkowski

Written by

Leonard BuczkowskiJanusz Meissner

Cast & crew

Wienczyslaw GlinskiCapt. GrabinskiAleksander SewrukCmdr. KozlowskiJan MachulskiLt. PileckiRoland GlowackiLt. RolandAndrzej HerderLt. MorawskiBronislaw PawlikPO2 RokoszZbigniew FilusBoatswain Waclaw PierzchalaHenryk BakBoatswain Leon WiktorczykIgnacy MachowskiBoatswain MirtaMichal GazdaPO2 OkonJózef LodynskiPO2 BaczekTadeusz GwiazdowskiBoatswain BrytJerzy NowakPO2 SznukCzeslaw PiaskowskiBoatswain SerafinMarian NowickiPolish Attache in TallinKazimierz WilamowskiEstonian AdmiralStanislaw MilskiHöze, Deputy Commandant at Tallin HarbourLech WojciechowskiHöze's SecretaryRyszard FilipskiEstonian SoldierJerzy KozakiewiczEstonian SoldierStanislaw BarejaCook (uncredited)Henryk BistaSeaman (uncredited)Henryk BoukolowskiSeaman (uncredited)Tadeusz CzarnowskiSeaman (uncredited)Józef DuriaszSeaman (uncredited)Zygmunt HübnerGerman Captain (uncredited)Wlodzimierz KaczmarskiSeaman (uncredited)Jerzy KamasSeaman (uncredited)Eugeniusz KaminskiOfficer (uncredited)Janusz KlosinskiDoctor (uncredited)Andrzej MrozekSeaman (uncredited)Jerzy RutowiczEstonian Officer (uncredited)Kazimierz TalarczykInspecting Officer (uncredited)Mieczyslaw WaskowskiSeaman (uncredited)Roman WilhelmiSeaman (uncredited)Jan WlodarczykSeaman (uncredited)Andrzej WykretowiczInspecting Officer (uncredited)Jerzy ZapiórSeaman (uncredited)