Film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury their tormentors they find alive. Then they are herded into other camps as the Allies try to devise policy to control the situation. A young poet who cannot quite find himself in this new situation, meets a headstrong Jewish young girl who wants him to run off with her, to the West. He cannot cope with her growing demands for affection, while still harboring the hatred for the Germans and disdain for his fellow men who quickly revert to petty enmities.
Cast
Daniel Olbrychski
Tadeusz
Stanisława Celińska
Nina
Aleksander Bardini
Professor
Tadeusz Janczar
Karol
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Priest - Editor
Mieczysław Stoor
Ensign
Leszek Drogosz
Tolek
Stefan Friedmann
Cygan
Jerzy Obłamski
Prisoner
Jerzy Zelnik
American Commander
Małgorzata Braunek
German Woman on Bicycle
Anna German
American
Agnieszka Fitkau
Nina's Friend
Alina Szpak
German in Barracks
Józef Pieracki
Cook
Andrzej Piszczatowski
American Guard
Józef Pitorak
Archbishop
Bohdan Tomaszewski
Polish Officer
Józef Harasiewicz
Capo
Wojciech Lewandowski
Major
Stanisław Michalski
American Soldier
Leonard Mokicz
Colonel
Konrad Wawrzyniak
Unknown
Boksiński A.
Priest
Leszek Kowalski
Unknown
Tomasz Lengren
American Soldier
Jerzy Bekker
Prisoner (uncredited)
Oskar Dewitz
American Soldier (uncredited)
Jerzy Łapiński
Camp Prisoner (uncredited)
Witold Holtz
Prisoner (uncredited)
Herman Lercher
(uncredited)
Małgorzata Leśniewska
Prisoner (uncredited)
Jerzy Próchnicki
Prisoner (uncredited)
Kazimierz Rowiński
Prisoner (uncredited)
Crew
Andrzej Wajda
Director, Screenplay
Andrzej Brzozowski
Screenplay
Tadeusz Borowski
Short Story
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Irena Jasińska
Assistant Editor
Zygmunt Samosiuk
Director of Photography
Jan Budkiewicz
First Assistant Director
Jerzy Obłamski
Assistant Director
Krystyna Grochowicz
Assistant Director
Jerzy Szeski
Production Design, Costume Design
Franciszek Łokaj
Assistant Camera
Jacek Stachlewski
Assistant Camera
Eugeniusz Maciaszek
Assistant Camera
Renata Wlasow
Costume Design
Irena Czerwińska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Halina Ber
Makeup Artist
Kazimierz Kucharski
Sound Assistant
Wiesława Dembińska
Sound
Zygmunt Konieczny
Original Music Composer
Leonard Mokicz
Set Decoration
Wojciech Filipowicz
Assistant Set Decoration
Renata Pajchel
Still Photographer
Marek Gołębiowski
Choreographer
Wacław Jesionowski
Assistant Production Design
Zdzisław Roliński
Assistant Production Design
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Manager
Zbigniew Ronert
Assistant Production Manager
Janusz Szela
Assistant Production Manager
Wiesława Borecka
Assistant Production Manager
Janina Krassowska
Assistant Production Manager
Józef Mroszczak
Graphic Designer
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