

277 minutes
9/23/1975
A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.

Jadwiga Barańska
as Barbara Niechcic

Jerzy Bińczycki
as Bogumił Niechcic

Stanisława Celińska
as Agnieszka Niechcic

Ewa Dałkowska
as Olesia Chrobotówna

Władysław Hańcza
as Jan Łada

Elżbieta Karkoszka
as Magda

Bogusław Sochnacki
as Roman Katelba

Zygmunt Zintel
as Stefan Olczak

Tadeusz Fijewski
as Łuczak

Henryk Borowski
as Klemens Klicki

Krystyna Borowicz
as Winczewska

Mieczysław Voit
as Ludwik Ceglarski

Magdalena Zawadzka
as Ksawunia Woynarowska

Andrzej Szczepkowski
as Rejent Wacław Holszański

Andrzej Seweryn
as Anzelm Ostrzeński

Kazimierz Opaliński
as Rejent Joachim Ostrzeński

Zdzisław Mrożewski
as Leon Woynarowski

Zbigniew Koczanowicz
as Szymszel

Emir Buczacki
as Lucjan Kociełło

Ryszarda Hanin
as Żarnecka

Cezary Julski
as Antoni Kałużny

Beata Tyszkiewicz
as Stefania Holszanska

Karol Strasburger
as Józef Toliboski

Jan Nowicki
as Preusker

Zofia Merle
as Maria Kałużna

Barbara Rachwalska
as Jadwiga Ostrzeńska

Ludwik Benoit
as Jozafat

Janusz Paluszkiewicz
as Banasiak

Ilona Kuśmierska-Kocyłak
as Emilka Niechcic

Jerzy Kamas
as Daniel Ostrzeński

Olgierd Łukaszewicz
as Janusz Ostrzeński

Jan Englert
as Marcin Śniadowski

Marek Walczewski
as Daleniecki

Janina Traczykówna
as Michalina Ostrzeńska

Elżbieta Starostecka
as Teresa Ostrzeńska-Kociełło

Piotr Fronczewski

Wanda Łuczycka
as Arkuszowa

Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Baścik

Teresa Lipowska
as Stacha Łuczakówna

Alicja Jachiewicz
as Woman at Opera

Wiktor Nanowski
as Klimecki

Aleksander Sewruk
as Dr. Wettler

Kazimierz Mazur
as Tomasz Niechcic
Piotr Binder
as Bodzio Ostrzenski

Tadeusz Cygler

Tadeusz Czechowski
Halina Czengery
as Wiktoria Lada

Irena Hrehorowicz
Mieczysław Kalenik
as Stefan Olczak

Jadwiga Kuryluk
as Ludwiczka
Aleksandra Leszczyńska
as Bogumil's Mother

Andrzej May
as Owrucki
Andrzej Mrożewski
as Tadeusz Krepski

Leszek Piskorz
as Kazimierz
Janina Seredyńska
as Mrs. Hlasko

Andrzej Szenajch
as Lada's Guest / Prussian Officer
Witold Zarychta

Janusz Ziejewski
as Walenty

Wojciech Alaborski
as Seweryn Bartold

Andrzej Chrzanowski
as Kazimierz Sielski

Witold Dederko
as Peasant

Jerzy Fedorowicz
as Tomaszek's Friend

Aleksander Fogiel
as Priest Kryjak

Andrzej Gawroński
as Czerniak

Aleksander Gąssowski
as Doctor

Teodor Gendera
as Peasant

Maciej Góraj
as Limeburner

Michał Grudziński
as Soldier
Alina Jurewicz
as Widow

Witold Kałuski
as Best Man

Helena Kowalczykowa
as Peasant

Irena Kownas
as Felicja
Andrzej Krasicki
as Hipolit Niechcic

Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski

Henryk Łapiński

Alicja Migulanka
as Cook

Jerzy Rogowski
as Rider
Wojciech Sarnowicz
as Piotrus Niechcic
Zdzisław Szymański
as Peasant

Danuta Wodyńska
as Klimecka

Bożena Dykiel
as Andzia

Józef Grzeszczak
as Russian Officer

Kazimierz Kaczor

Mieczysław Milecki

Anna Nehrebecka
as Celina Mroczkowna-Katelbina

Jerzy Tkaczyk
as Lada's Guest
Magdalena Wołłejko
as Oktawia Kociellówna (uncredited)