THE SECRET OF CODE FORTRESS
(TAJEMNICA TWIERDZY SZYFRÓW)



2007, (536 min.) 13 episodes, Poland
Polish with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Adek Drabinski
SCRIPT:
Boguslaw Woloszanski
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Waldemar Szmidt
ART DIRECTION:
Wojciech Saloni-Marczewski
MUSIC:
Stanislaw Syrewicz
EDITING:
Lukasz Szwarc-Bronikowski
SOUND:
Monika Krzanowska, Marcin Ejsmund
PRODUCED BY:
Polish Television - Film Agency
PRODUCER:
Boguslaw Woloszanski

CAST:
Pawel Malaszynski (Johan Jorg), Jan Frycz (Globcke), Cezary Zak (Sauer), Karolina Gruszka (Natalia), Anna Dereszowska (Anna Maria), Danuta Stenka (Joanna Russt), Piotr Grabowski (Czerny), Pawel Delag (Compaigne), Borys Szyc (Beer), Jan Peszek (Hans Kunze)

It's 1945. The last two months of World War II. American and Russian intelligence services are desperately looking for a secret machine which enables Germans to decipher Soviet code. Functioning of the machine is connected with the biggest mistery of WWII - construction of the atom bomb in the underground of laboratories of Lower Silesia complex "Riese." The tracks lead to the Tschocha Castle in Lower Silesia, Poland. Polish agent, Johan Jorg is employed in the castle as a cryptologist. He passes secret information to the radiotelegraph operator, Natalia, who transmits them to the army group lead by cryptologist and commodore Howard Compaign and major Andrzej Czerny from Polish intelligence service.

ADEK DRABINSKI
Born in 1948 in Lodz. Graduated from the National Fine Arts School (1974) and the Directing Department of the National Film School in Lodz (1979). He lived in the United States for 18 years where he directed documentary films, commercials, music clips and TV shows. He came back to Poland in 1992. He's worked as an assistant director of Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Hoffman.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2007 The Secret of Code Fortress (Tajemnica Twierdzy Szyfrow)
2005 Once Upon a Time
2002 Dog's Heart (Psie serce)
2000 Kalipso
1997 A Trap (Pulapka)
1992 Cheat (Szuler)

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