The Deserters

The Deserters

Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.

Cast for The Deserters...

Marek Kondrat
Jan Kania
Wiktor Zborowski
Moryc Haber
Kalina Jędrusik
Madame Elli, kierowniczka domu publicznego
Jerzy Michotek
kucharz Koperka
Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski
Giuseppe Baldini, włoski jeniec wojenny (ordynans von Nogaya)
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
kapitan Wagner
Janusz Bukowski
kapral Ulmbach
Marek Frąckowiak
kapral Bernstein
Stefan Friedmann
fotograf Kurz
Leon Niemczyk
wachmistrz żandarmerii
Róbert Koltai
Chudej, czeski drukarz z Pragi
Marzena Trybała
kochanka von Nogaya
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
słowacki dezerter z lasu
Jan Tadeusz Stanisławski
oficer przy transporcie koni
Jan Jurewicz
żołnierz-oferma
Lech Ordon
Feldfebel w burdelu
Andrzej Grąziewicz
asysta generała (pułkownik)
Jan Piechociński
asysta generała (porucznik)
Tadeusz Chudecki
ordynans kapitana Wagnera
Wiesław Drzewicz
profesor w burdelu