The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her husband from military service), the woman dies at the hands of her jealous husband.
Cast
Barbara Wałkówna
Marysia Rzepowa
Wiesław Gołas
Wawrzon Rzepa
Józef Zbiróg
Zołzikiewicz
Stanisław Woliński
Burak
Joanna Poraska
Aneczka
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Skorabiewski
Aleksander Michałowski
Priest
Hugo Krzyski
Czyżyk
Władysław Staszewski
Szmul
Stefan Bartik
Gomuła
Nathan Meisler
Herszek
Andrzej Kruczyński
Controller
Stanisław Bareja
Jasiek
Stefan Brem
Unknown
B. Chec
Unknown
Wanda Chloupek
Unknown
Zygmunt Chmielewski
County Governor
Adam Dzieszyński
Unknown
Rudolf Gołębiowski
Unknown
Maria Gdowska
Unknown
Zofia Grabska
Unknown
Tadeusz Hoszowski
Unknown
Rajmund Jakubowicz
Man
Juliusz Kalinowski
Unknown
Bogumił Kobiela
Clerk
Zenon Laurentowski
Unknown
Zdzisław Lubelski
Unknown
Janina Lukowska
Unknown
Henryk Ładosz
Unknown
Henryk Modrzewski
Clerk
Konrad Morawski
Musician
Zofia Myslakowska
Unknown
Lech Ordon
Geometer
A. Pietraszun
Unknown
Wojciech Rajewski
Commission Member
Witold Skaruch
Unknown
Jarema Stępowski
Court Clerk
Zdzisław Skrzypek
Unknown
Grażyna Staniszewska
Jadwiga Skorabiewska
Wanda Szczepanska
Unknown
Antoni Słociński
Unknown
Franciszek Targowski
Unknown
Józef Widecki
Dryśla
Wilhelm Wichurski
Unknown
Teresa Witczak
Cook's Helper
Wojciech Zagórski
Reaper
Krzysztof Ziembinski
Wiktor
Katarzyna Żbikowska
Unknown
Leszek Herdegen
Wach (uncredited)
Wacław Kowalski
Man from Barania Głowa (uncredited)
Crew
Antoni Bohdziewicz
Director
Leonard Buczkowski
Writer
Ariadna Demkowska
Writer
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Short Story
Czesław Raniszewski
Editor
Alina Faflik
Assistant Editor
Jadwiga Jakubowska
Assistant Editor
Władysław Forbert
Director of Photography
Konrad Paradowski
Assistant Director
Romuald Drobaczyński
Assistant Director
Stanisław Bareja
Assistant Director
Eugeniusz Gielba
Production Supervisor
Stanisław Zylewicz
Production Supervisor
Janusz Majewski
Production Design
Alicja Wirth
Production Design
Kazimierz Konrad
Camera Operator
Romuald Staszkiewicz
Assistant Camera
Mikołaj Sprudin
Assistant Camera
Jadwiga Przeradzka-Jędrzejewska
Costume Design
Katarzyna Chodorowicz
Costume Assistant
Mirosław Jakubowski
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jan Dobracki
Makeup Artist
Zygmunt Nowak
Sound Assistant
Jan Radlicz
Sound
Aleksy Krywsza
Lighting Technician
Tomasz Kiesewetter
Original Music Composer
Marian Wejman
Construction Coordinator
Urszula Śliwińska
Script Supervisor
Antoni Gniewkowski
Unit Manager
Ludgierd Romanis
Unit Manager
Józef Galewski
Art Direction
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Art Direction
Zdzisław Kielanowski
Art Direction