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How I Unleashed World War II

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })How I Unleashed World War II (Polish Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową) is a Polish comedy made in 1969, based on Kazimierz Sławiński's book "Przygody kanoniera Dolasa" (The Adventures of Dolas the Cannoneer).The movie tells the story of a Polish soldier Franciszek Dolas, who - as a result of comical coincidences - is convinced that he started the Second World War. Trying to redeem himself at all costs, he constantly gets into new trouble. In doing so, he finds himself on most of the fronts of the war and eventually returns to Poland, all by luck and random accidents.It's by far one of the most iconic Polish comedies ever made and an absolute Cult Classic. While originally shot in black and white, it was since colorised and cleaned in 2000, extending the life of the movie further.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })There are significant differences between the original book and the film, starting with two completely different main characters, who only share the same surname. Thus while they experience almost the same misadventures, they have different outcomes for each of them.
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Action Survivor: Neither Adolf nor Franek ever do any fighting, or hurt anyone. They just have an amazing luck surviving through the entire war as soldiers of several different armies without ending up in direct combat.
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Chekhov's Gunman: In the book, Dolas becomes a friend with Lanckoroński. Later, when he ends up back in Poland, Lanckoroński is a leader of a local partisant group, so he stops his men from shooting Adolf, who's in a German uniform. In the film, Franek goes through a similar scenario, eventually meeting with a fellow POW Józef, who fills the role of Lanckoroński, but also warns the entire group how incompetent Dolas is as a soldier.
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