---
title: 'The Eagle (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leonard Buczkowski'
released: '1959-02-07'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-eagle-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053148/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Eagle (1959)

1959 · 104 min · War, History · Poland

Original title: Orzeł

## Synopsis

The Eagle is a 1959 Polish war film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. It is based on the true story of the Polish World War II submarine ORP Orzeł. Since the real Orzeł was sunk in the war, to assure authenticity her role was played by her sister ship, the ORP Sęp. The film was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leonard Buczkowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-buczkowski)
- **Screenplay:** [Leonard Buczkowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-buczkowski), [Janusz Meissner](https://cinepixo.com/people/janusz-meissner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Waldemar Kazanecki](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldemar-kazanecki)
- **Director of Photography:** [Seweryn Kruszyński](https://cinepixo.com/people/seweryn-kruszynski)

## Cast

- [Ryszard Filipski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryszard-filipski)
- [Wieńczysław Gliński](https://cinepixo.com/people/wienczys-aw-glinski)
- [Gustaw Lutkiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustaw-lutkiewicz)
- [Andrzej Mrozek](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-mrozek)
- [Jerzy Kamas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-kamas)
- [Roman Wilhelmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-wilhelmi)
- [Stanisław Bareja](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanis-aw-bareja)
- [Bronisław Pawlik](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-pawlik)
- [Zygmunt Hübner](https://cinepixo.com/people/zygmunt-hubner)
- [Henryk Bąk](https://cinepixo.com/people/henryk-bak)
- [Józef Łodyński](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozef-odynski)
- [Henryk Bista](https://cinepixo.com/people/henryk-bista)
- [Mieczysław Waśkowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieczys-aw-waskowski)
- [Aleksander Sewruk](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-sewruk)
- [Czesław Piaskowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/czes-aw-piaskowski)

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