Below The Surface. ORP Orzeł is a 2022 war film written and directed by Jacek Bławut that tells the fictionalized story of ORP Orzeł last mission.
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Cast
Tomasz Ziętek as captain Jan Grudziński
Mateusz Kościukiewicz as lieutenant Andrzej Piasecki “Pablo”
Antoni Pawlicki as second lieutenant Marian Mokrski
Filip Pławiak as second lieutenant Jerzy Sosnowski
Tomasz Schuchardt as lieutenant Florian Roszak “Trzonek”
Adam Woronowicz as bosun Henryk Kotecki
Rafał Zawierucha as cadet Klops
Jan Butruk as second lieutenant Henryk Kamiński
Michał Czorny as sailor Alojzy Engelbert Gettka “Stołowy Lolek”
Michał Darewski as able seaman
Sebastian Dela as sailor
Kamil Dobrowolski as sailor Stanisław Uliczny
Jakub Gąsowski as sailor Zbigniew Kawa
Ryan Ralph Gerrard as signaller William Fordyce Green
Filip Gurłacz as mast Jan Torbus
Hubert Hanowicz as head of drainage boatswain's mast Stanisław Samotus
Jakub Jakubiec as sailor Emil Krystek
Edmund C. Short as radio operator Leslie William Jones
Accolades
At the 47th Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia, the film received awards for directing (Bławut), sound (Radosław Ochnio, Michał Fojcik), editing (Piasek & Wójcik), and make-up (Dariusz Krysiak). The film received the Polish Film Award Eagle for best production design (Marcelina Początek-Kunikowska) and best sound, and was nominated for Eagle awards for best editing, make-up, costume design, and cinematography.