100 minutes
4/16/1979
Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.
Piotr Łysak
as Mikołaj Srebrny
Tomasz Hudziec
as Mikołaj Srebrny (Child)
Hanna Skarżanka
as Mikołaj's Grandmother
Maria Chwalibóg
as Komendowa
Teresa Marczewska
as Mother
Bronisław Pawlik
as Michał Srebrny
Janusz Michałowski
as Wacław Komenda
Wiktor Sadecki
as Middle School Headmaster
Stanisław Igar
as Ptaszycki
Michał Pawlicki
as Catechist
Jan Nowicki
as Chwostek
Henryk Boukołowski
as Znamierowski
Bogdan Koca
as Marecki
Tomasz Koca
as Marecki (Child)
Piotr Probosz
as Stukło
Adam Probosz
as Stukło (Child)
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
as Wysłocka
Jan Prochyra
as Raciaty
Halina Wyrodek
as Róża
Barbara Bosak
Danuty Jamrozy
Ewa Kozłowska
Hanna Mikuć
as Balbina
Jerzy Bożym
Aleksander Fabisiak
as Doctor
Jerzy Kozakiewicz
as Guest in Poręba
Krzysztof Stachowski
as Student accused of Snitching
Leonard Szewczuk
Ferdynand Wójcik
as Priest
Marek Probosz
as Student (uncredited)