Olympics 40
- 23 June 1980 (1980-06-23)
Olympics 40 (Polish: Olimpiada 40) is a 1980 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Kotkowski.[1] The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
Plot
The film is based on actual events from World War II. During August 1940, prisoners of war celebrated a "special Olympics" called the International Prisoner-of-War Olympic Games at Stalag XIII-A in Langwasser, near Nuremberg, Germany. An Olympic flag, 29 by 46 cm in size, was made of a Polish prisoner's shirt and, drawn in crayon, it featured the Olympic rings and banners for Belgium, France, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, and the Netherlands. Olympics 40 tells the story of these games and of one of the prisoners of war, Teodor Niewiadomski.[3]
Cast
- Mariusz Benoit as Piotr
- Jerzy Bończak as Jacques
- Tadeusz Galia as Leon
- Krzysztof Janczar as Andrzej
- Ryszard Kotys as Schlappke
- Wojciech Pszoniak as Schulz
See also
- 1940 Summer Olympics
- List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Olimpiada 40". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Grys, Iwona (April–May 1996). "The Olympic Idea Transcending War" (PDF). Olympic Review. 25 (8): 68–69. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
External links
- Olympics 40 at IMDb
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