

166 minutes
12/7/1973
In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.

Władysław Hańcza
as Maciej Boryna

Emilia Krakowska
as Jagna

Krystyna Królówna
as Hanka Borynowa

Ignacy Gogolewski
as Antek Boryna

Bronisław Pawlik
as Michał

Jadwiga Chojnacka
as Dominikowa

August Kowalczyk
as Piotr

Franciszek Pieczka
as Priest
Magdalena Wołłejko
as Józka Borynianka

Tadeusz Janczar
as Mateusz

Barbara Ludwiżanka
as Jagustynka

Zofia Merle
as Magda Kozłowa

Lech Ordon
as Organist

Bolesław Płotnicki
as Jambroży
Kazimierz Wichniarz
as Miller

Janusz Paluszkiewicz
as Kłąb
Stanisław Niwiński
as Pietrek

Tadeusz Fijewski
as Kuba Socha

Aleksander Fogiel
as Balcerek

Wiktor Sadecki
as Jankiel
Tadeusz Bartosiewicz
as Witek

Maciej Damięcki
as Caroler

Stanisław Milski
as Bylica

Bogusław Sochnacki
as Borowy

Jerzy Święch
as Jaś

Halina Kossobudzka
as Organist

Wanda Łuczycka
as Kłębowa

Igor Śmiałowski
as Heir

Barbara Burska
as Nastka Gołębianka (uncredited)

Witold Dederko
as (uncredited)

Kazimierz Dębicki
as Best Man at a Wedding (uncredited)

Wirgiliusz Gryń
as Village Man (uncredited)

Irena Karel
as Teresa (uncredited)

Jerzy Kozłowski
as (uncredited)

Jan Paweł Kruk
as Village Man (uncredited)

Irena Malkiewicz
as (uncredited)

Józef Nowak
as Roch (uncredited)

Jerzy Rogalski
as Jagna's Brother (uncredited)

Stefan Szmidt
as Jacek (uncredited)

Kazimierz Talarczyk
as Village Man (uncredited)

Barbara Wałkówna
as Magda (uncredited)

Marian Wojtczak
as (uncredited)
Mieczysław Bram
as Grain Seller (uncredited)

Mieczysław Czechowicz
as Szymek (uncredited)

Seweryn Dalecki
as Grain Seller (uncredited)
Andrzej Krasicki
as Man fighting with the Peasants (uncredited)

Michał Szwejlich
as Grain Seller (uncredited)

Natalia Szymańska
as Agata (uncredited)

Leonard Andrzejewski
as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Halina Buyno-Łoza
as Village Woman (uncredited)
Krystyna Kołodziejczyk
as Piotr's wife (uncredited)

Barbara Rachwalska
as Płoszkowa (uncredited)