The wealthy Lord Artur Savile learns from a palm reader that he's destined to become a murderer. Obsessed with the prophecy, he decides to commit the deed as quickly as possible.
Cast

Andrzej Łapicki
Lord Artur Savile

Maria Ciesielska
Sybilla, Savile's Fiancée

Ignacy Machowski
Podgers
Seweryna Broniszówna
Lady Klementyna

Maria Homerska
Flora

Janina Jabłonowska
Sybilla's Mother
Justyna Kreczmarowa
Lady Gladys Windermere

Tadeusz Kondrat
Lord Savile's Footman
Aleksandra Leszczyńska
Princess Zofia Paisley

Zdzisław Mrożewski
Lord Merton, Sybilla's Father

Janina Traczykówna
Jane Chicester

Leon Pietraszkiewicz
Dean Chicester, Lord Savile's Uncle

Maciej Maciejewski
Mansfred
Wanda Elbińska
Lady (uncredited)

Tadeusz Ordeyg
Lady Klementyna's Servant (uncredited)

Bronisław Pawlik
Pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Crew

Witold Lesiewicz
Director, Screenplay

Oscar Wilde
Short Story

Zofia Dwornik
Editor
Krystyna Włodarek
Assistant Editor
Czesław Świrta
Director of Photography

Andrzej Jerzy Piotrowski
First Assistant Director
Włodzimierz Kamiński
Assistant Director
Bozena Piotrowska
Assistant Director

Bolesław Kamykowski
Production Design, Costume Design

Andrzej Ramlau
Camera Operator
Eugeniusz Gawrysiak
Assistant Camera
Aleksy Krywsza
Assistant Camera

Lidia Rzeszewska
Costume Design
Zofia Macinska
Costume Assistant
Teresa Tomaszewska
Makeup Artist
Włodzimierz Wiśniewski
Sound Assistant
Zbigniew Przygodzki
Sound Assistant

Leszek Wronko
Sound
Tadeusz Baird
Music
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Set Decoration
Ignacy Gaworkiewicz
Assistant Production Design
Tadeusz Myszorek
Assistant Production Design

Konstanty Lewkowicz
Production Manager
Jan Kucharski
Assistant Production Manager
Ryszard Jasionowski
Assistant Production Manager

Mieczysław Nowakowski
Conductor