A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
Cast
Krystyna Janda
Agnieszka
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Jerzy Burski
Jacek Lomnicki
Jerzy Burski (young)
Michał Tarkowski
Witek
Piotr Cieślak
Michalak
Wiesław Wójcik
Jodła
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Hanka Tomczyk
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Editor
Bogusław Sobczuk
TV Editor
Leonard Zajączkowski
Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP
Jacek Domański
Sound Man
Zdzisław Kozień
Agnieszka's Father
Irena Laskowska
Museum Worker
Wiesław Drzewicz
Hanka's Husband
Kazimierz Kaczor
UB Colonel
Ewa Ziętek
Colonel's Secretary
Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta
Blonde
Andrzej Grąziewicz
Judge
Edmund Karwański
Prosecutor
Stefania Kornacka
Unknown
Henryk Łapiński
Marcin Pawlusiak
Jerzy Moniak
Engineer Moniak
Irena Oberska
Zakopane Houseekeper
Zbigniew Płoszaj
Chronicle Sound Man
Juliusz Roland
Mieczysław Hertz
Maciej Rayzacher
ZMP Meeting Chairman
Grzegorz Skurski
Agnieszka's Driver
Dorota Stalińska
Photojournalist in Okęcie
Zdzisław Szymborski
Boardroom Member
Mariusz Świgoń
Construction Technician
Krystyna Wolańska
Marysia's Guardian
Andrzej Wykrętowicz
Jan Wołodkiewicz
Feliks Falk
Film Director (uncredited)
Stanisław Frąckowiak
Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)
Witold Holtz
Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)
Krzysztof Kiersznowski
Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)
Jarosław Kopaczewski
Worker (uncredited)
Ilona Łepkowska
Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited)
Stanisław Michalik
Judge (uncredited)
Mieczysław Grąbka
Chronicle Narrator (voice)
Andrzej Seweryn
Record Beating Announcer (voice)
Agnieszka Holland
Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Screenplay
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Maria Kalicinski
Assistant Editor
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Witold Holtz
First Assistant Director
Krystyna Grochowicz
First Assistant Director
Agnieszka Holland
First Assistant Director
Jerzy Tomczuk
Assistant Director
Magdalena Stelmaszczyk
Assistant Director
Leszek Tarnowski
Assistant Director
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Supervisor
Elżbieta Kozłowska
Production Assistant
Waldemar Król
Production Assistant
Janusz Dziumowicz
Production Assistant
Allan Starski
Production Design
Jacek Lomnicki
Assistant Camera
Jan Ossowski
Assistant Camera
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Lidia Rzeszewska
Costume Design
Iwona Kamińska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Anna Adamek
Makeup Artist
Piotr Zawadzki
Sound
Andrzej Korzyński
Original Music Composer
Małgorzata Jaworska
Music Consultant
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Renata Pajchel
Still Photographer
Alina Klobukowska
Production Executive
Andrzej Smulski
Production Executive
Wojciech Majda
Art Direction
