On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.
Cast
Andrzej Chyra
Jerzy
Maja Ostaszewska
Anna
Artur Żmijewski
Andrzej
Danuta Stenka
General's Wife
Jan Englert
General
Magdalena Cielecka
Agnieszka
Agnieszka Glińska
School Director
Paweł Małaszyński
Pilot Lieutenant
Maja Komorowska
Professor's Wife
Władysław Kowalski
Professor U. J.
Antoni Pawlicki
Tadeusz
Agnieszka Kawiorska
Ewa
Sergey Garmash
Captain Popow
Joachim Paul Assböck
Müller
Waldemar Barwiński
Officer Samobójca
Sebastian Bezzel
Propaganda Abteilung Officer
Jacek Braciak
Klin
Stanisław Brudny
Fugitive
Stanisława Celińska
Stasia
Leon Charewicz
Investigator
Waldemar Czyszak
Stonemason
Alicja Dąbrowska
Actress
Oleh Drach
Commissary
Aleksander Fabisiak
Teacher
Wiktoria Gąsiewska
Nika
Krzysztof Globisz
Professor
Krzysztof Kolberger
Canon
Zbigniew Kozłowski
Policeman #1
Rafał Kronenberger
General's Aide
Roman Leus
Agitator
Janusz Łagodziński
WP Officer
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Priest
Maria Maj
Wasilewska's Voice on Radio (voice)
Tomasz Międzik
Starost
Józef Mika
Interpreter
Andrzej Pieczyński
German Officer #1
Leszek Piskorz
Confessor
Waldemar Pokromski
Barber
Dariusz Poleszak
German Officer #2
Jakub Przebindowski
Vicar
Anna Radwan
Elżbieta - Anna's Sister
Jacek Romanowski
Rector U. J.
Rafał Sadowski
Policeman #2
Oleh Savkin
NKVD Officer
Dariusz Toczek
Secret Police Agent
Tadeusz Wojtych
Photographer
Wiesław Wójcik
Postman
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Mrs. Greta
Ilja Zmiejew
Russian Officer
Crew
Andrzej Wajda
Director, Screenplay
Władysław Pasikowski
Screenplay
Przemysław Nowakowski
Screenplay
Andrzej Mularczyk
Novel
Milenia Fiedler
Editor
Rafał Listopad
Editor
Paweł Edelman
Director of Photography
Agnieszka Glińska
First Assistant Director
Jan Kwieciński
Assistant Director
Piotr Woźniak-Starak
Assistant Director
Katarzyna Fukacz-Cebula
Executive Producer
Michał Kwieciński
Producer
Dominique Lesage
Co-Producer
Magdalena Dipont
Production Design
Marek Kukawski
Production Design
Ryszard Melliwa
Production Design
Piotr Sobociński Jr.
Camera Operator
Jeremi Prokopowicz
Camera Operator
Krzysztof Mieszkowski
Camera Operator
Andrzej Glacel
Steadicam Operator
Ewa Brodzka
Casting, Second Unit Director
Magdalena Biedrzycka
Costume Designer
Andrzej Szenajch
Costume Designer
Waldemar Pokromski
Makeup Designer
Tomasz Matraszek
Makeup Designer
Marek Cydorowicz
Second Unit Director
Jacek Hamela
Sound
Leszek Freund
Sound
Marek Wronko
Sound
Artur Bartos
Special Effects
Dorota Wolnicka-Szcześniak
Executive Visual Effects Producer, Visual Effects Producer
Jarosław Sawko
Visual Effects Supervisor
Krzysztof Penderecki
Original Music Composer
Marta Broczkowska
Music Supervisor
Wiesława Chojkowska
Set Decoration
Mateusz Wajda
Still Photographer
Marek Rajca
Technical Advisor
Stanisław M. Jankowski
Technical Advisor
Anna Zenowicz
Script Supervisor
Kamilla Chołoniewska
Script Supervisor
Ryszard Janikowski
Stunt Coordinator
Kamil Przełęcki
Production Manager
