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- Joanna Brodzik was born on 11 January 1973 in Krosno Odrzanskie, Lubuskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for The Pianist (2002), Nigdy w zyciu! (2003) and Break Point (2004). She was previously married to Bartlomiej Swiderski.
- Siegfried Müller was a soldier with Nazi Germany's Wermacht during World War II who made a name for himself as a mercenary in Africa during the 1960s. Born in 1920, the teenager joined the Wehrmacht (Defense Forces) in 1939 and fought during the entire war, participating in campaigns in Poland, the Eastern Front and France. A wounded Müller was captured by American forces and served as a conscript laborer in the Army's Civilian Labor Group (CLG) until 1947, eventually joining the outfit's security services, where he became a lieutenant. Blocked from joining the West German Army, he traveled to north Africa in the 1950s, where he worked for the British oil company B.P. clearing German mines in the Sahara Desert from World War II.
After emigrating to South Africa in 1962, he became a mercenary in the Congo, fighting with "Mad" Mike Hoare's mercenary outfit as an officer. He became famous in the Congo, as he wore the Iron Cross he had won in 1945 as part of his uniform. Being of Nazi era vintage, his Iron Cross featured a swastika in the center. This brought him international attention, and an East German documentary film crew made a film about him in the Congo, "The Laughing Man" (1966). Known as "Kongo" Müller, he became a symbol of Western neo-colonialsm, and also was featured in the 1965 documentary Kommando 52 (1965).
In the documentary "The Laughing Man", Müller claims that he and his fellow mercenaries are in Africa to fight for "the Western ideology of freedom." He claims that the Iron Cross with swastika "has nothing to do with my political position," then compares South Africa's apartheid system as to "the Jews and the Germans in the Third Reich." He later refers to West Germany as "the Reich" before apologizing and correctly identifying it as "the Federal Republic" of Germany.
Müller was the inspiration for the character Heinlein in "Dark of the Sun" (1968). Whereas Heinlein in the movie was a humorless sadist who was on the make, the real Müller was known for his jocular personality (thus the moniker "The Laughing Man"). Though he came across as something of a buffoon in the documentary, he was in reality a highly effective (and murderous) mercenary.
Siegfried Müller died in South Africa of stomach cancer in 1983. - Special Effects
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Tad Krzanowski was born on 15 February 1949 in Krosno, Podkarpackie, Poland. Tad is known for Howard the Duck (1986), Superman (1978) and Willow (1988).- Writer
- Soundtrack
Klabund was born on 4 November 1890 in Crossen an der Oder, West Prussia, Germany [now Krosno Odrzanskie, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Ein Sommernachtstraum (1925), Mephisto (1981) and Television World Theatre (1957). He was married to Carola Neher and Brunhilde Heberle. He died on 14 August 1928 in Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland.- Jacek Flur was born on 13 November 1929 in Krosno, Podkarpackie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Z tamtej strony teczy (1973) and Kryminalni (2004). He died on 27 October 2020 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actor
- Writer
Karol Obidniak was born on 4 November 1923 in Krosno, Podkarpackie, Poland. He was an actor and writer, known for Wyrok smierci (1980), Erotický triptych (1991) and Zawsze w niedziele (1966). He was married to Danuta Klopocka. He died on 24 November 1992 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Alina Obidniak was born on 19 June 1931 in Krosno, Lwowskie, Poland [now Krosno, Podkarpackie, Poland]. Alina was a director, known for Television Theater (1953) and Zalobnicy pana Wajsa (1959). Alina died on 29 October 2021 in Jelenia Góra, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Maciej Adamczyk was born on 6 July 1972 in Krosno Odrzanskie, Lubuskie, Poland. He is an actor and writer, known for Don't Haunt My Dreams (2017), Csoda Krakkóban (2004) and Strazacy (2015).- Wladyslaw Gomulka was born on 6 February 1905 in Bialobrzegi, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Bialobrzegi, Krosno, Podkarpackie, Poland]. He died on 1 September 1982 in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Lukasz Federkiewicz was born on 24 June 1989 in Krosno, Podkarpackie, Poland. He is an actor and composer, known for Television Theater (1953), The Butler (2018) and PolandJa (2017).- Alan Bochnak was born on 19 August 1989 in Krosno, Podkarpackie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Television Theater (1953), Pierwsza milosc (2004) and Dzielnica strachu (2021).