The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the face of prejudice. Now he stands up for his right to survive, and in so doing represents the fighting spirit that culminated in the Warsaw Uprising.
Cast
Serge Merlin
Jakub Gold
Alina Janowska
Lucyna
Elżbieta Kępińska
Kazia, Malina's Niece
Jan Ciecierski
Józef Malina
Tadeusz Bartosik
"Professor" Pankrat
Władysław Kowalski
Fiałka / Jakub Gold (voice)
Irena Netto
Jakub's Mother
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Stasia
Jan Ibel
Genio
Bogumił Antczak
Prisoner (uncredited)
Wiesława Chojkowska
Wiśka (uncredited)
Edmund Fetting
Zygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Roland Głowacki
Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Andrzej Herder
Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
Zygmunt Hübner
Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
Zofia Jamry
Woman Blackmailing Malina (uncredited)
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
Professor at a Lecture (uncredited)
Zbigniew Józefowicz
Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Edward Kowalczyk
Policeman (uncredited)
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
(uncredited)
Jerzy Łapiński
Caroller (uncredited)
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
ONR Member (uncredited)
Zygmunt Malawski
Printer (uncredited)
Roman Polanski
Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited)
Ryszard Pracz
(uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Woman at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Tomasz Zaliwski
Prisoner (uncredited)
Andrzej Żuławski
Killed Student (uncredited)
Crew
Andrzej Wajda
Director, Screenplay
Kazimierz Brandys
Screenplay, Novel
Janina Niedźwiecka
Editor
Maria Mastalinska
Assistant Editor
Jerzy Wójcik
Director of Photography
Zygmunt Hübner
First Assistant Director
Daniel Szylit
Assistant Director
Barbara Sass
Assistant Director
Andrzej Żuławski
Assistant Director
Urszula Orczykowska
Assistant Director
Leszek Wajda
Production Design
Wiesław Zdort
Camera Operator
Czesław Grabowski
Assistant Camera
Jan Banucha
Costume Design
Wiesława Chojkowska
Costume Design
Jan Płażewski
Assistant Makeup Artist
Krystyna Chmielewska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Mirosław Jakubowski
Makeup Artist
Mikołaj Kompan-Altman
Sound Assistant
Józef Bartczak
Sound
Aleksy Krywsza
Lighting Technician
Tadeusz Baird
Original Music Composer
Leonard Mokicz
Set Decoration
Stefan Filipiak
Construction Foreman
Halina Dobrowolska
Assistant Production Design
Stanisław Daniel
Production Manager
Arkadiusz Orłowski
Assistant Production Manager
Ryszard Jasionowski
Assistant Production Manager
Teresa Olszewska
Assistant Production Manager
Zdzislaw Mrozowicz
Unit Manager
Stanisław Wisłocki
Conductor
