Olympics 40
1980, Polish. Directed by Andrzej Kotkowski.
The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits. A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the staff of a prison camp. He sees a Pole, the acknowledged leader of the Polish prisoners, against whom he had competed during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. He asks the Pole to train with him but is refused; the Pole points out out that he is a prisoner and nothing more. But that plants the seed and the Pole proposes and Olympics 40 to be held among the prisoners. They ingeniously make a flag and medals, set up a number of races; a croaching hop race is unwittingly organized by a German prison guard who uses it as a torture. The German lieutenant knows that something is going on but cannot find out. Finally the Germans realize the idea and the Polish chief is sent to concentration camp but the others disobey the orders.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Polish
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Cast & crew
- Andrzej KotkowskiDirector
- Mariusz BenoitPiotr
- Jerzy BończakJacques
- Tadeusz GaliaLeon
- Krzysztof JanczarAndrzej
- Ryszard Kotysstrażnik Schlappke
- Igor Przegrodzkimajor Hans von Klabe, komendant obozu
- Wojciech PszoniakOtto Schultze
- Marek SiudymJan Mroczek
- Bolesław Abartstrażnik Fritz
- Aleksander KalinowskiO'Brian
- Leonard SzewczukFrancis
- Jan Henczstarszy grupy Belgów
Details
- Released
- 23 June 1980
- Original title
- Olimpiada 40
- Country
- Poland
- Written by
- Michał Komar, Andrzej Kotkowski
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Olympics 40 runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Olympics 40 isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 June 1980. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Olympics 40?
Olympics 40 (1980) was directed by Andrzej Kotkowski and stars Mariusz Benoit, Jerzy Bończak, Tadeusz Galia.