In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.
Cast
Władysław Hańcza
Maciej Boryna
Emilia Krakowska
Jagna
Krystyna Królówna
Hanka Borynowa
Ignacy Gogolewski
Antek Boryna
Bronisław Pawlik
Michał
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Dominikowa
August Kowalczyk
Piotr
Franciszek Pieczka
Priest
Magdalena Wołłejko
Józka Borynianka
Tadeusz Janczar
Mateusz
Barbara Ludwiżanka
Jagustynka
Zofia Merle
Magda Kozłowa
Lech Ordon
Organist
Bolesław Płotnicki
Jambroży
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Miller
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Kłąb
Stanisław Niwiński
Pietrek
Tadeusz Fijewski
Kuba Socha
Aleksander Fogiel
Balcerek
Wiktor Sadecki
Jankiel
Tadeusz Bartosiewicz
Witek
Maciej Damięcki
Caroler
Stanisław Milski
Bylica
Bogusław Sochnacki
Borowy
Jerzy Święch
Jaś
Halina Kossobudzka
Organist
Wanda Łuczycka
Kłębowa
Igor Śmiałowski
Heir
Barbara Burska
Nastka Gołębianka (uncredited)
Witold Dederko
(uncredited)
Kazimierz Dębicki
Best Man at a Wedding (uncredited)
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Village Man (uncredited)
Irena Karel
Teresa (uncredited)
Jerzy Kozłowski
(uncredited)
Jan Paweł Kruk
Village Man (uncredited)
Irena Malkiewicz
(uncredited)
Józef Nowak
Roch (uncredited)
Jerzy Rogalski
Jagna's Brother (uncredited)
Stefan Szmidt
Jacek (uncredited)
Kazimierz Talarczyk
Village Man (uncredited)
Barbara Wałkówna
Magda (uncredited)
Marian Wojtczak
(uncredited)
Mieczysław Bram
Grain Seller (uncredited)
Mieczysław Czechowicz
Szymek (uncredited)
Seweryn Dalecki
Grain Seller (uncredited)
Andrzej Krasicki
Man fighting with the Peasants (uncredited)
Michał Szwejlich
Grain Seller (uncredited)
Natalia Szymańska
Agata (uncredited)
Leonard Andrzejewski
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Halina Buyno-Łoza
Village Woman (uncredited)
Krystyna Kołodziejczyk
Piotr's wife (uncredited)
Barbara Rachwalska
Płoszkowa (uncredited)
Crew
Jan Rybkowski
Director, Screenplay
Ryszard Kosiński
Screenplay
Władysław Reymont
Novel
Wiesława Otocka
Editor
Maria Kuzminska-Lebiedzik
Assistant Editor
Marek Nowicki
Director of Photography
Konrad Paradowski
Assistant Director
Zbigniew Lewicki
Assistant Director
Maria Burdecka
Assistant Director
Teresa Olszewska
Assistant Director
Tadeusz Myszorek
Production Design
Ryszard Gajewski
Assistant Camera
Zbigniew Czajkowski
Assistant Camera
Zbigniew Hartwig
Assistant Camera
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Assistant Camera
Kazimierz Pawlak
Assistant Camera
Marta Kobierska
Costume Design
Maria Wilun
Costume Assistant
Zofia Macinska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Irmina Romanis
Makeup Artist
Tadeusz Schossler
Makeup Artist
Hieronim Klimczak
Sound Assistant
Zygmunt Nowak
Sound Assistant
Marian Redlich
Sound Assistant
Józef Bartczak
Sound
Anna Iżykowska-Mironowicz
Music Consultant
Adam Sławiński
Music
Tatiana Manżett
Set Decoration
Mieczysław Róg-Świostek
Production Consultant
Bogdan Sölle
Assistant Production Design
Ludgierd Romanis
Production Manager
Antoni Gniewkowski
Assistant Production Manager
Michał Sosiński
Assistant Production Manager
Jerzy Szebesta
Assistant Production Manager
Janusz Kaźmierczak
Conductor
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