A Useful Ghost: A New Modern Classic
The classic ghosts-in-revenge story expanded into an extensive dig into the historical social system while being funny and horny.
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Second half of September 1939. Lt. Brejer, along with a detachment of his sappers, receives orders to blow up the bridge. The promised explosives do not arrive. So Brejer gets the order to withdraw and reunite with the rest of the division. Along the way, suffering hunger and discomfort along with his soldiers, he joins various divisions, collects survivors and fights. From a German prisoner of war, he finally learns that the Soviets have entered Poland. Finally, he and his men manage to reach his home unit, but that unit has just surrendered to the Germans.
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Second half of September 1939. Lt. Brejer, along with a detachment of his sappers, receives orders to blow up the bridge. The promised explosives do not arrive. So Brejer gets the order to withdraw and reunite with the rest of the division. Along the way, suffering hunger and discomfort along with his soldiers, he joins various divisions, collects survivors and fights. From a German prisoner of war, he finally learns that the Soviets have entered Poland. Finally, he and his men manage to reach his home unit, but that unit has just surrendered to the Germans.
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Genre:War
Written By:Jacek Butrymowicz
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Studio:Centralna Wytwórnia Programów i Filmów Telewizyjnych Poltel
Cast
Jacek Butrymowicz
Director
Kazimierz Wysota
Porucznik Jerzy Brejer
Dorota Pomykała
Kobieta jadąca do Buczacza
Arkadiusz Bazak
pułkownik
Zbigniew Buczkowski
sierżant
Maciej Góraj
Kozdra
Krzysztof Jędrysek
Górski
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
burmistrz
Krzysztof Stachowski
Janik
Józef Nalberczak
major
Stanisław Niwiński
Macek
Aleksander Trąbczyński
jeniec
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