The Hours of Hope
1955-05-09In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.

In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.

Captain Walek
Zbigniew Józefowicz

Doctor Anna
Krystyna Kamieńska

Lieutenant Jan Basior
Stanisław Mikulski

Nurse Margiel
Jadwiga Chojnacka

Szczeżuja
Bronisław Pawlik

Actress
Zofia Mrozowska

Pietia
Bohdan Ejmont

Sturmfuhrer von Lyx
Stefan Rydel

SS Colonel Nagel
Stanisław Milski

Major Woynicz
Jerzy Kaliszewski

American Officer
Leon Niemczyk

Staff Officer
Janusz Jaroń
Scharführer Schkoppeck
Jerzy Kawka
Kurak
Kazimierz Szubert

Fisherman
Eugeniusz Solarski
Frania
Halina Kuźniakówna

Trader
Zdzisław Lubelski

Old Italian
Adam Mularczyk

Wounded Actor
Józef Kostecki

Capo
Cezary Julski

Theatre Director
Aleksander Gąssowski
Sergeant Tomala
Kazimierz Wichniarz

Grześ Gawra
Władysław Głąbik

Makowski
Rafał Kajetanowicz
Maria Badmajeff

Antonina Barczewska
Borys Borkowski
Włodzimierz Dobrzański

Woman hit in the Forehead
Krystyna Feldman
Boy from Zamojszczyzna
Stefan Friedmann

Worker
Janina Jabłonowska
Stanisław Jędrzejewski

German, Walek's Patient
Jerzy Kaczmarek

Italian Interpreter
Stanisław Marian Kamiński

Man wanting to join the Army
Andrzej Kozak

Sajewicz
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Girl on a Tank
Janina Matuszczak

Man in a Striped Uniform
Wiesław Michnikowski
Blanka Orszańska
Telephone Operator
Ryszard Ostromęcki
Zdzisław Relski

Actor
Tadeusz Somogi

Dosiad
Aleksander Sewruk
Old German Woman
Jadwiga Sachnowska
Old German Man
Ryszard Sawicki

Trader
Jarema Stępowski
Zawada
Józef Strumiński

Telephone Operator
Jerzy Szpunar

Ewa Zdzieszyńska
Czech Woman
Janina Węglan
Janina Warnecka

Zofia Wilczyńska

Corporal Sumski (uncredited)
Bogusz Bilewski

Violinist (uncredited)
Sylwester Chęciński

Giannina (uncredited)
Anna Ciepielewska

Marysia (uncredited)
Maria Ciesielska

WP Soldier (uncredited)
Mieczysław Czechowicz
(uncredited)
Halina Dobrowolska
(uncredited)
Ewa Dryszkiewicz

American singing in Łódź (uncredited)
Ryszard Filipski

(uncredited)
Mieczysław Gajda

(uncredited)
Barbara Horawianka
(uncredited)
Zdana Jasińska
American (uncredited)
Mieczysław Kalenik

(uncredited)
Tadeusz Kalinowski

Frenchman (uncredited)
Jan Kobuszewski

(uncredited)
Zdzisław Kuźniar

Pole from Mława (uncredited)
Zygmunt Listkiewicz

(uncredited)
Stanisław Michalski
(uncredited)
Irena Morawska
American Soldier (uncredited)
Tadeusz Motel

WP Soldier (uncredited)
Jerzy Nasierowski
(uncredited)
Stanisław Niwiński

(uncredited)
Maria Nowotarska
(uncredited)
Ludwik Paczyński

(uncredited)
Ludwik Pak

Girl at the Field Kitchen (uncredited)
Barbara Połomska
Pole (uncredited)
Wanda Siemaszkowa

WP Soldier (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Skoczylas
(uncredited)
Kazimierz Urbański

(uncredited)
Lech Wojciechowski

Horst (uncredited)
Florian Wolny

Girl joining the Americans (uncredited)
Hanna Zembrzuska