Pastorale heroica

War, Drama

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Henryk Bielski

Status Released

Release Date 1984-01-16

Storyline

March 1945. After crossing the Oder River, one of the Polish Army units heading for Berlin encounters resistance from German defensive formations. After a fierce exchange of fire, a doctor operates on seriously wounded soldiers. Private Józef Łopuch helps him in the field hospital and also serves as a barber. Łopuch, who despite sending over twenty letters has received no reply from his wife Sabina, composes another letter assuring his wife that although war is a nasty business, nothing can happen to him, as he was born in a forge...