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The Starry Squadron is a film of genre Drama directed by Leonard Buczkowski
The Starry Squadron (1930)
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Add to a movie listGwiaździsta eskadra (The Starry Squadron) is a 1930 Polish war film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. Shot with the co-operation of the Polish army, it was the most expensive Polish film made before World War II. First released as silent film, later re-released with sound.
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Gwiaździsta eskadra told the romantic story of love between a Polish girl and an American volunteer pilot in the Polish 7th Air Escadrille (better known as the Kościuszko Squadron) during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. The story was inspired by the actual life of Merian C. Cooper, a Polish Air Force officer during the war, but much better known for his later career as an adventurer, director, screenwriter and producer.Comments
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