The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc.
Cast
Henryk Boukołowski
Julek Szulc
Pola Raksa
Marysia
Leon Pietraszkiewicz
Piasecki
Zbigniew Koczanowicz
Saturnin Czepulonis
Bronisław Dardziński
Court Chairman
Halina Kossobudzka
Olkucka
Maciej Maciejewski
Zwolski
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Voivode
Władysław Krasnowiecki
Świętojański
Szczepan Baczyński
Investigating Judge
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Gawałek
Michał Pawlicki
Edward Jasiński
Henryk Bista
Roman Andrzejewski
Gustaw Kron
Mikołaj Jurkanis
Witold Skaruch
Mieczysław Hlebowicz
Lechosław Herz
Pawlukiewicz
Agnieszka Byrska
Unknown
Halina Cieszkowska
Barkeeper
Pelagia Relewicz-Ziembińska
Marysia's Mother
Aleksander Aleksy
County Mayor
Ludwik Benoit
"Loyola"
Kazimierz Borowiec
Marysia's Brother
Stanisław Dąbrowski
Strike Organiser
Tadeusz Kaźmierski
Union Member
Jan Kochanowicz
Rector
Tadeusz Kubalski
Unknown
Stanisław Kwaskowski
Lawyer
Stanisław Maleszewski
Unknown
Henryk Nysenzweig
Union Member
Zbigniew Przeradzki
Unknown
Samuel Rettig
Unknown
Michał Szewczyk
Student
Wacław Ścibor-Rylski
Zdybel
Mieczysław Święcicki
Singer
Edmund Wiśniewski
Unknown
Mirosław Wojtulanis
Unknown
Józef Zbiróg
Proszkowski
Dobrosław Mater
Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Edward Radulski
Emil Zabłocki (uncredited)
Roman Załuski
Student (uncredited)
Crew
Antoni Bohdziewicz
Director, Screenplay
Tadeusz Byrski
Screenplay
Jerzy Putrament
Novel
Krystyna Batory
Editor
Zenon Piórecki
Assistant Editor
Kazimierz Konrad
Director of Photography
Tadeusz Wieżan
Director of Photography
Gerard Zalewski
First Assistant Director
Roman Załuski
Assistant Director
Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki
Assistant Director
Tamara Gawryś
Assistant Director
Stanisław Zajączkowski
Production Assistant
Halina Petrażycka
Production Assistant
Jerzy Groszang
Production Design
Janusz Majewski
Production Design
Janusz Pawłowski
Camera Operator
Eugeniusz Gawrysiak
Assistant Camera
Stanislaw Matuszewski
Assistant Camera
Wiesława Chojkowska
Costume Design
Mieczysław Pośmiechowicz
Makeup Artist
Maria Lasnowska
Makeup Artist
Hieronim Langner
Sound Assistant
Jerzy Szczecinski
Sound Assistant
Józef Koprowicz
Sound
Andrzej Kurylewicz
Music
Stanisław Kasprzysiak
Assistant Production Design
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Assistant Production Design
Franciszek Garczyński
Assistant Production Design
Kazimierz Gaszewski
Production Manager
Antoni Kieda
Assistant Production Manager
Wojciech Karmolinski
Assistant Production Manager
Michał Baranowski
Conductor