Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist. He believes that everyone has a fate that cannot be avoided. To prove it, he puts a loaded pistol to his temple ... but it doesn't fire. Lieutenant Pechorin listens doubtfully to his colleague's arguments. Accompanied by a premonition, Wulicz will die soon. Will his premonitions prove to be prophetic?
Cast
Gustaw Holoubek
Lieutenant Wulicz
Andrzej Hrydzewicz
Lieutenant Pieczorin
Leonard Andrzejewski
Officer
Adolf Chronicki
Killed Officer
Ryszard Filipski
Private Jaszka Pantelejew
Krzysztof Fus
Chechen Fighter
Wiktor Grotowicz
Major
Ryszard Jaśniewicz
Unknown
Ferdynand Matysik
Officer
Romuald Michalewski
Unknown
Andrzej Mrozek
Officer
Janusz Ostrowski
Unknown
Andrzej Polkowski
Unknown
Roman Sadowski
Unknown
Tadeusz Skorulski
Unknown
Marian Skorupa
Unknown
Mieczysław Wiśniewski
Unknown
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Officer (uncredited)
Crew
Stanisław Lenartowicz
Director
Ziemowit Fedecki
Screenplay
Mikhail Lermontov
Short Story
Janina Kondzioła
Editor
Halina Nawrocka
Editor
Jerzy Stawicki
Director of Photography
Zorika Zarzycka
First Assistant Director
Andrzej Herman
First Assistant Director
Jerzy Karwowski
Assistant Director
Beata Bilska
Assistant Director
Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Production Design
Andrzej Płocki
Production Design
Maciej Kijowski
Camera Operator
Jerzy Szurowski
Assistant Camera
Mieczysław Sitarz
Assistant Camera
Marian Kołodziej
Costume Design
Alicja Wasilewska
Costume Assistant
Tadeusz Domiczek
Assistant Makeup Artist
Zygmunt Kaźmierski
Assistant Makeup Artist
Anna Włodarczyk
Makeup Artist
Bohdan Bieńkowski
Sound
Adam Walaciński
Music
Maciej Maria Putowski
Set Decoration
Albert Kuchnia
Assistant Production Design
Jan Włodarczyk
Production Manager
Grzegorz Woźniak
Assistant Production Manager
Urszula Orczykowska
Assistant Production Manager
Lucjan Laprus
Conductor
Konrad Bryzek
Conductor