Overview
Operation Danube was the cover name for the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968. The fleet of Polish tanks which arrive to liberate their neighbor, ostensibly threatened by a counter-revolution, includes the old tank nicknamed Ladybird, which is the last to leave the barracks.
Cast
- Eva Holubová as Andrea Čapkova
- Jiří Menzel as Oskar Hazuka
- Maciej Stuhr as Florian Sapieżyński
- Maciej Nawrocki as Jasiu Jamroży
- Bogdan Grzeszczak as Edward 'Edek' Kotwicz
- Przemysław Bluszcz as Romek Kwaśny
- Bolek Polívka as Jiři Holub
- Jaroslav Dušek as Gustav Kapsa
- Zbigniew Zamachowski as Cpt. Czesław Grążel
- Jan Budař as Ota