Gwiaà ºdzista eskadra (The Starry Squadron) is a lost 1930 Polish war film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. Shot with the co-operation of the Polish army, it was the most expensive Polish film made before World War II. It was first released as silent film, before later being re-released with sound.
Gwiaà ºdzista eskadra told the romantic story of love between a Polish girl and an American volunteer pilot in the Polish 7th Air Escadrille (better known as the Koà Âciuszko Squadron) during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919âÂÂ1921. The story was inspired by the actual life of Merian C. Cooper, a Polish Air Force officer during the war, but much better known for his later career as an adventurer, director, screenwriter and producer.
Cooper fathered Polish translator and writer Maciej Sà Âomczyà Âski during his time in Poland.
All copies of this film were destroyed during the Soviet occupation of Poland after World War II.