Young Eagles

Grodno, eastern borderland of pre-war Poland. On the 1st of September 1939 German planes bomb the city and one of the bombs hits Leoś, Ewelina and Tadek’s school. The world of carefree childhood, playfulness and first infatuations comes to an end in both a literal and symbolic way. Leoś is twelve, a Jewish boy, fascinated with the Polish independence tradition. By virtue of the Soviet-German treaty, the Red Army enters Poland on the 17th of September 1939, planning to take Grodno over on the 20th of September. The city starts a hopeless fight. Small military detachments are supported by civilians, especially school pupils. It is the children who courageously defend the city, falling victim to the awful cruelty of the occupiers.

Credits

Reżyseria

Krzysztof Łukaszewicz

directed by

Krzysztof Łukaszewicz

written by

Krzysztof Łukaszewicz

director of photography

Tomasz Wójcik

music

Michał Lorenc

production design

Ewa Skoczkowska

costume design

Agnieszka Sobiecka

make-up

Monika Jan-Łechtańska

sound

Wojciech Ślusarz

edited by

Michał Czarnecki

casting by

Piotr Bartuszek

cast

Jowita Budnik, Feliks Matecki, Almira Nawrot, Bartłomiej Topa

production

Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

producer

Włodzimierz Niderhaus, Agnieszka Będkowska

co-produced by

TVP

production manager

Anna Wojdat

co-financed by

Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Minister Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego

distributed by

Telewizja Polska S.A.

Obsada

Jowita Budnik, Feliks Matecki, Almira Nawrot, Bartłomiej Topa