How I Unleashed World War II

How I Unleashed World War II is a 1970 Polish comedy film directed by Tadeusz Chmielewski and based on the novel "Przygody kanoniera Dolasa" by, a Polish war pilot who survived a German POW camp. It was shot in Sochi, Baku, Poświętne, [Tomaszów Mazowiecki County|Poświętne] and Łódź, among other places.

Synopsis

The film was divided into three parts:

Część I: Ucieczka
Część II: Za bronią
Część III: Wśród swoich

Originally filmed in black and white, it was digitally colorized in 2001 by the Cinema of [the United States|Hollywood] company Dynacs Digital Studios, as requested by the Studio Filmowe "Oko" and TV Polsat.
The film tells the story of a Polish soldier Franciszek Dolas, who—as a result of comical coincidences—is convinced that he started the Second World War. Trying to redeem himself at all costs, he constantly gets into new trouble. In doing so, he finds himself on different war fronts and eventually returns to Poland.
In a particularly famous scene, Dolas is questioned by a German-speaking Gestapo officer in Austria and answers that his name is "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz"; the officer gets increasingly frustrated trying to write the fictitious Polish name.

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