If you are familiar with the usual kind of movies that Netflix adds to its collection, you may understand my great surprise when a few days ago they added this Polish movie (and several other Polish movies) to their offerings. You don't often see movies made before 1980 on Netflix, especially those that are also foreign movies! When Netflix recommended this movie to me, I decided to give it a look, and I'm glad that I did. While not a masterpiece, this is a solid World War II effort giving its audience a good look at a crucial part of the war. You really get an idea of how things started and progressed, and the struggles the Polish forces were facing. The battle sequences, while not overly graphic, do have a lot of firepower and showcase the brutality of war. In case you are wondering, while the movie was made behind the Iron Curtain during the depths of the Cold War, there is no communist propaganda on display here - it feels instead a showcase of how things really were at the time. I admit that there isn't a huge amount of character development on display, and it might have been interesting had the movie taken the time to show what was going on in the German forces' minds during this battle. But for the most part, the movie works very well, and I highly recommend it. I hope that this movie (and the other Polish movies) on Netflix do well enough with consumers so that Netflix will be encouraged to pick up more older movies of all different genres from Poland and many other countries.
