They remembered in times of oblivion. In times of hatred they loved. During the captivity they fought. Young people from the 1914-1916 generation that gave Poland Independence. These are what Legions tell about them - an impressive film about boys and girls entering adulthood who, in the name of principles, professed values and ideals, did not hesitate to throw themselves into the fight against European tyrants. But also about those who did not understand these ideas , and they did not share the beliefs. "Legions" is the most expensive national super-production since the times of "City 44" - a breathtaking tale of love, youth, fight and victory, made using the latest film techniques, with battle scenes as yet in Polish cinema never been.In a word, adventure cinema at its best, full of emotions and real emotions.The film as one of 19 titles was presented in the Main Competition of the 44th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

"Legions" is a universal story about friendship, dreams, affection and growing up in difficult times. The great story in the film is the background for the love story taking place in the foreground, in which are involved: Józek (Sebastian Fabijański) - deserter from the tsarist army, intelligence agent of the First Brigade - Ola (Wiktoria Wolańska) from the League of Women Ambulance and Tadek (Bartosz Gelner), Ola's fiancé, uhlan and member of the Shooting Teams. Their meeting will start with a turbulent romance that will put the protagonists' accounts to a great test. In addition to fictional characters, whose stories were modeled on the lives of real legionnaires, the film features a number of personalities known from the pages of history. Among them: brigadier Józef Piłsudski (Jan Frycz), lieutenant Stanisław Kaszubski pseud. "The King" (Mirosław Baka), captain Zbigniew Dunin-Wąsowicz (Borys Szyc), lieutenant Jerzy Topór-Kisielnicki (Antoni Pawlicki) and many others.

The producers of the film are Maciej Pawlicki and Adam Borowski. The script authors Tomasz Łysiak, Dariusz Gajewski, Michał Godzic and Maciej Pawlicki. Directed by Dariusz Gajewski - winner of the Golden Lions at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia for the film "Warsaw", winner of the screenplay competition for the film about the Warsaw Uprising. The main author of the photos is Jarosław Szoda ('Afghanistan Mission', 'Miracle Merchant', Firefighters'), and the sequence of charges at Rokitna - Arkadiusz Tomiak ('A Man with a Magic Box', 'Catacomb', 'Karbala', 'Roundup'). The realities of the era are meticulously recreated by: Magdalena Luterek-Rutkiewicz (costumes; "Wołyń", "Karbala", "Obława), Anna Dąbrowska (characterization;" Daughters of Dancer "," Wołyń "," My Nikifor "), Paweł Jarzębski (stage design; "Butler", "Wataha", "Time of Honor"). Kino Świat is the Polish film distributor. Shooting for the film (almost 60 days in total) began in August 2017 and was completed in April 2019. The film's budget was PLN 27 million. Photos were implemented, among others in Bieszczady, Cieszyn, Tokarnia, Stradów, around Kraków, Mrągowo, Węgrów and Otwock. During the filming, no animals were harmed.