Jan, the café pianist, comes from the countryside. The talented boy was taken care of by an old organist. Jan then studied at the conservatory, where he made friends with Paweł, an undisciplined but very talented composer. Paweł's works gain publicity abroad, but he himself, unable to bear human envy and accept the loss of his beloved girl, commits suicide ... Jan's father dies, and soon his mother ...
Cast
Jan Jurewicz
Jan
Franciszek Muła
Paweł Socha
Paweł Paradowski
Jan as a child
Maria Probosz
Urszula
Hanna Banaszak
Halina
Tomasz Zaliwski
Jan's father
Anna Milewska
Jan's mother
Józef Pieracki
Organist
Zdzisław Kozień
Parish priest
Leon Niemczyk
University dean
Halina Buyno-Łoza
Caretaker
Erwin Nowiaszak
Professor
Janusz Pac-Pomarnacki
Lecturer
Krystyna Demska-Olbrychska
Zośka
Kazimierz Wysota
Nurse (uncredited)
Maria Zbyszewska
Sochowa (uncredited)
Crew
Ryszard Czekała
Director, Screenplay
Stanisław Srokowski
Screenplay
Eugeniusz Dmitroca
Assistant Editor
Stefan Pindelski
Director of Photography
Andrzej Czekalski
First Assistant Director
Beata Bilska
Assistant Director
Jerzy Bugajski
Production Supervisor
Elżbieta Piszczorowicz
Associate Producer
Sławomir Suchocki
Production Assistant
Andrzej Wróblewski
Production Assistant
Halina Uziębło
Production Assistant
Zdzisław Boruta
Production Assistant
Roma Chudzyńska
Production Assistant
Jerzy Śnieżawski
Production Design
Dominik Kozioł
Camera Operator
Jerzy Szurowski
Camera Operator
Julian Magda
Assistant Camera
Teresa Jobda
Costume Design
Małgorzata Stypułkowska
Costume Assistant
Jadwiga Raińska-Piotrowska
Makeup & Hair
Miroslawa Karczmarzak
Assistant Makeup Artist
Zofia Bujak
Assistant Makeup Artist
Zygmunt Nowak
Sound Effects
Jan Franciszczak
Sound Assistant
Norbert Zbigniew Mędlewski
Sound
Jan Dobrowolski
Lighting Design
Jerzy Goryszewski
Music Consultant
Marek Wilczyński
Music
Agata Walada
Script Supervisor
Janusz Dwornik
Art Direction
Ewa Jonas
Art Direction
Danuta Węgrzyn
Art Direction
Adam Kopczynski
Art Direction