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The First Day of Freedom

Pierwszy dzień wolności

1964 · 1h 29m · Drama, War · Poland

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.

Directed by
Aleksander Ford
Written by
Bohdan Czeszko
Starring
Beata Tyszkiewicz, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Tadeusz Fijewski, Ryszard Barycz
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