Wojciech Gasienica-Wawrytko

This movie puts into a nutshell the history of one of the most elite and legendary rescue organizations in Poland, officially founded in 1909. With a ride to the peak of Kasprowy Wierch inside a cable railway car we begin our picturesque travel, which takes us both through the Tatra Mountains and the history of TOPR (Tatra Mountain Rescue Service).

A film crew participates in a mountain rescue on the wall of Kazalnica in the High Tatras, carried out by the GOPR (Tatra Mountain Rescue Group) in February 1972. During the filming, one of the rescuers, Franciszek Spytka, was buried by an avalanche. Fortunately, he could be rescued. Directed by Jerzy Surdel, this is the third film of the Trypyk Górski trilogy. The second film of the series, Odwrot, was originally presented at the Trento festival in 1969, where it won the best short film award; 37 years later, it was also awarded at the Banff festival.