Film

The First Day of Freedom

1964 · 1h 29m · Drama · War

IMDb

6.8

Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. After a doctor's daughter is raped by a concentration camp worker, the Poles allow her and her father to stay in the house that is their temporary quarters. While waiting to be repatriated, the war-weary group is forced to fight some German soldiers who invade the town. The war brings out conflicting emotions of the Poles who find themselves trapped in the house and once again under fire from the enemy.

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Inga Rhode

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Lt. Jan

Tadeusz Fijewski

Doctor Rhode

Ryszard Barycz

Michał

Krzysztof Chamiec

Hieronim

Roman Kłosowski

Karol

Mieczysław Stoor

Paweł

Elżbieta Czyżewska

Luzzi Rhode

Mieczysław Kalenik

Otto

Zdzisław Leśniak

Anzelm

Mieczysław Milecki

Officer

Mikhail Pugovkin

Grigorij

Kazimierz Rudzki

Ostrowski

Vsevolod Sanayev

Dawidow

Jan Bielawski

Stefan Friedmann

"Tiger"

• Aleksander FordDirector
• Bohdan CzeszkoScreenplay
• Tadeusz WieżanDirector of Photography
• Mirosława GarlickaEditor

Release date

December 21, 1964

Status

Released

Original language

Polish

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama, War