
Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.
Cast

Piotr Łysak
Mikołaj Srebrny
Tomasz Hudziec
Mikołaj Srebrny (Child)

Hanna Skarżanka
Mikołaj's Grandmother

Maria Chwalibóg
Komendowa

Teresa Marczewska
Mother

Bronisław Pawlik
Michał Srebrny

Janusz Michałowski
Wacław Komenda

Wiktor Sadecki
Middle School Headmaster

Stanisław Igar
Ptaszycki

Michał Pawlicki
Catechist

Jan Nowicki
Chwostek

Henryk Boukołowski
Znamierowski

Bogdan Koca
Marecki
Tomasz Koca
Marecki (Child)

Piotr Probosz
Stukło
Adam Probosz
Stukło (Child)

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
Wysłocka

Jan Prochyra
Raciaty

Halina Wyrodek
Róża
Barbara Bosak
Unknown
Danuty Jamrozy
Unknown
Ewa Kozłowska
Unknown
Hanna Mikuć
Balbina
Jerzy Bożym
Unknown

Aleksander Fabisiak
Doctor

Jerzy Kozakiewicz
Guest in Poręba

Krzysztof Stachowski
Student accused of Snitching
Leonard Szewczuk
Unknown
Ferdynand Wójcik
Priest

Marek Probosz
Student (uncredited)
Crew

Anna Jekiełek
Interior Designer

Wojciech Marczewski
Director, Writer

Pavel Hajný
Writer
Emil Zegadłowicz
Novel

Irena Choryńska
Editor

Wiesław Zdort
Director of Photography
Zbigniew Warpechowski
Production Design

Barbara Ptak
Costume Design

Zbigniew Dobracki
Makeup Artist
Mariusz Kuczyński
Sound

Zygmunt Konieczny
Music
Wanda Wojnar-Iliew
Production Manager
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