Men of the Blue Cross
1955 · 55 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 158 VOTES · DIR. Andrzej Munk
Overview
The final film produced by Warsaw’s Documentary Film Studio is an epic re-enactment of a treacherous mission by the Voluntary Tatra Mountain Rescue Service to aid colleagues stranded behind enemy lines at the close of World War II (several real participants feature in the film). Based on a short story about the rescue by Adam Liberak, Munk’s final “documentary” is also arguably his first major exercise in the craft of narrative filmmaking.
Dialogue Timeline — 234 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 The seat of the VoIuntary Tatra Mountain Rescue Service has been
00:00:50 Narration: Voice-over:
00:01:27 Directed by:
00:04:04 It was, however, uncertain. SizabIe numbers of German troops
00:05:18 Tatra rescuers were sent for.
00:05:48 To my hospitaI.
00:06:53 Bozenka, my foster daughter.
00:08:05 We might have been spotted by a patroI any time.
00:09:50 CIose the door.
00:13:48 but was getting ready for such an expedition for the first time...
00:14:58 Go to your kenneI, Bass!
00:15:47 Bass, come here! Come here, Bass.
00:17:31 now, any step we made brought us on the edge of war.
00:22:32 ... We were extremeIy Iucky...
00:24:19 We met the Iast Soviet patroI in the area at 5 pm at the peak
00:26:15 Staszek found it especiaIIy hard -
00:27:22 We were on the road for 1 4 hours...
00:27:59 Yes, Staszek Iagged behind.
00:32:06 Stasek. Stasek.
00:35:37 In the cabin we had a few hours of rest tiII dawn.
00:38:31 We put out the remnants of the campfire in the "hospitaI."
00:43:29 Give me the sub-machine gun, give doctor a hand!
00:48:41 The Germans fired a fIare to caII patroIs. It showed a direction.
00:55:17 were written in the chronicIe of the BIue Cross
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed234
Dialogue density4.3 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line00:55:17
Production Record
DirectorAndrzej Munk
LanguagePolish
IMDb votes158