How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms

How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms

1970 · 72 min · PL · 7.7 (68 votes)
Dir. Tadeusz Chmielewski · Starring Marian Kociniak, Krystyna Borowicz, Anna Gębicka, Piotr Fronczewski, Wacław Kowalski, Kazimierz Rudzki · Music Jerzy Matuszkiewicz · How I Unleashed World War II
ComedyAdventureWar

After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.

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This film feels like a darkly comedic, episodic adventure through the absurdities of war. It's a chaotic journey of mistaken identity and sheer coincidence, highlighting the ridiculousness of fate and the struggle to survive amidst it all.

darkly comedicabsurdistchaoticsatiricalsteadyanti-war satireepisodic adventureperiod pieceabsurdity of warfateidentitysurvival
world war iimistaken identitycoincidence
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