The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw. The film was produced on a minimal budget and at a fairly rapid pace, which is evident here and there. Nevertheless, it presents almost the entire intended screenplay. To meet an important deadline, we decided to publish the version that we managed to create in less than three months on the Feast of the Assumption.
The main “character” of the film is the order from the Chief of the General Staff, General Rozwadowski, which is recited in its entirety. The prop, the order sheet, has been recreated quite accurately in terms of size, layout, and roughly the fonts. In the beautiful text of the order, attention is drawn to the reference to God and the Fatherland – unlike the later and commonly engraved on swords to this day, “God, Honor, and Fatherland.” The inclusion of “Honor” in the phrase was probably borrowed from revolutionary France, which, of course, could not appeal to God and replaced Him with honor.
In the film, we aimed to showcase as much of the Polish Army’s weaponry as possible.
The French tank FT-17 was the first tank of the Polish Army. There were quite a few of them, around 120 units, which arrived in Poland with Haller’s Army. The majority of them served until the 1939 war, so it must be acknowledged that in 1920, it was a very modern tank. In the film, there are two platoons, each consisting of 5 tanks. Platoons were traditionally distinguished by painting a card suit symbol on the hull – spade, diamond, club, heart. Modelers will likely appreciate the painting of one of the tanks with the inscription “Anulka,” as in a popular modeling kit. In the platoon, there were 3 tanks with a 37mm cannon and two with a 7.92mm machine gun.
The second vehicle in the film is an armored car produced in Poland based on the popular Ford Model T. There were 16 or 17 of these vehicles, each armed with a 7.92mm machine gun.
