On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.
| Directing | Tadeusz Chmielewski | Director |
| Writing | Tadeusz Chmielewski | Screenplay |
| Editing | Janina Niedźwiecka | Editor |
| Sound | Jerzy Matuszkiewicz | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jerzy Stawicki | Director of Photography |
| Art | Bolesław Kamykowski | Production Design |
| Directing | Halina Chmielewska | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Kazimierz Sławiński | Novel |
| Directing | Konrad Paradowski | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Stanislawa Skorupianka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Romuald Staszkiewicz | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jan Janczewski | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jerzy Majak | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Leon Jankowski | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Tadeusz Myszorek | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Tatiana Manżett | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Albin Wejman | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Juliusz Czajkowski | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Kobierska | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidia Rzeszewska | Costume Design |
| Sound | Piotr Marczewski | Music Consultant |
| Sound | Wiesław Ćwikliński | Sound |
| Sound | Janusz Rosół | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Zygmunt Nowak | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Aurelia Rut | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irmina Romanis | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Lewandowska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janusz Elke | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Czesław Magnowski | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Ryszard Francman | Stunts |
| Crew | Aleksander Fridel | Stunts |
| Crew | Krzysztof Fus | Stunts |
| Crew | Marian Gańcza | Stunts |
| Crew | Krzysztof Łagodzic | Stunts |
| Crew | Zbigniew Janicki | Stunts |
| Crew | Wacław Raszko | Stunts |
| Crew | Wanda Sienkiewicz | Stunts |
| Production | Ludgierd Romanis | Production Manager |
| Production | Józef Drzewicki | Unit Manager |
| Production | Anna Rdest | Unit Manager |
| Production | Michał Sosiński | Unit Manager |
