A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.
Cast
Zygmunt Kęstowicz
Knyszyn
Adolf Chronicki
Karbowski
Emil Karewicz
Jasiczka
Ignacy Machowski
"Shadow" Biskupik
Tadeusz Jurasz
Mikula
Bolesław Płotnicki
Railwayman
Bohdan Ejmont
Officer
Marian Łącz
Stefan
Zdzisław Szymański
Peasant
Halina Przybylska
Village Woman
Antoni Jurasz
Lt. Antoni
Wiesław Gołas
Underground Soldier
Barbara Połomska
Stefan's Friend
Stanisław Mikulski
Blonde
Roman Kłosowski
Witold
Witold Pyrkosz
The Little
Zygmunt Zintel
Coach Driver
Janusz Strachocki
Wiślicki
Zbigniew Skowroński
Underground Soldier
Anna Chodakowska
Cibulka
Maria Chwalibóg
Jasia
Władysław Głąbik
Andrusikiewicz
Tadeusz Kalinowski
Male Nurse
Wiesław Kowalczyk
Railwayman
Tadeusz Kosudarski
Kubas
Ferdynand Matysik
Tekla's Brother
Ilona Stawińska
Tekla
Jarema Stępowski
Mirek
Wiktor Grotowicz
Peler
Stanisław Jasiukiewicz
Soldier
Henryk Hunko
Batory
Eugeniusz Fulde
Drunkard
Jarosław Kuszewski
Villager talking about Sawmill Burning (uncredited)
Eliasz Kuziemski
Soldier (uncredited)
Mieczysław Łoza
Soldier (uncredited)
Czesław Piaskowski
Drunkard (uncredited)
Józef Pilarski
Accordionist (uncredited)
Cyryl Przybył
(uncredited)
Stefan Rydel
Soldier (uncredited)
Crew
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Director
Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Screenplay, Short Story
Wiesława Otocka
Editor
Irena Choryńska
Assistant Editor
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography
Kazimierz Kutz
Assistant Director
Andrzej Brzozowski
Assistant Director
Andrzej Czekalski
Assistant Director
Maria Starzeńska
Assistant Director
Roman Mann
Production Design
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
Assistant Camera
Jan Laskowski
Assistant Camera
Janusz Zachwajewski
Assistant Camera
Jerzy Szeski
Costume Design, Set Decoration
Mieczysław Pośmiechowicz
Makeup Artist
Teresa Tomaszewska
Makeup Artist
Józef Dąbrowski
Sound Assistant
Jerzy Szczecinski
Sound Assistant
Leszek Wronko
Sound
Aleksander Lewandowski
Lighting Technician
Andrzej Markowski
Original Music Composer
M. Niedźwiedzka
Assistant Set Decoration
Andrzej Gronau
Still Photographer
Alfred Kaznowski
Assistant Production Design
Adam T. Nowakowski
Assistant Production Design
Stefan Adamek
Production Manager
Eugeniusz Gielba
Assistant Production Manager
Zbigniew Ronert
Unit Manager
Antoni Kieda
Unit Manager
Karol Stryja
Conductor
