

102 minutes
1/9/1973
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.

Marek Walczewski
as Host

Izabela Olszewska
as Hostess

Ewa Ziętek
as Bride

Daniel Olbrychski
as Bridegroom

Emilia Krakowska
as Marysia

Mieczysław Stoor
as Wojtek

Kazimierz Opaliński
as Father

Henryk Borowski
as Old Man

Marek Perepeczko
as Jasiek

Janusz Bukowski
as Kasper

Andrzej Łapicki
as Poet

Wojciech Pszoniak
as Journalist / Stanczyk

Andrzej Szczepkowski
as Nose

Mieczysław Czechowicz
as Priest

Barbara Wrzesińska
as Maryna

Gabriela Kownacka
as Zosia

Małgorzata Lorentowicz
as Mrs. Councillor
Maria Konwicka
as Haneczka

Franciszek Pieczka
as Czepiec

Hanna Skarżanka
as Klimina

Bożena Dykiel
as Kasia

Leszek Piskorz
as Staszek
Anna Góralska
as Isia

Mieczysław Voit
as Jew

Maja Komorowska
as Rachela

Czesław Niemen
as Chochoł (voice)

Olgierd Łukaszewicz
as Ghost

Czesław Wołłejko
as Hetman

Wirgiliusz Gryń
as Szela

Artur Młodnicki
as Wernyhora

Wiktor Grotowicz
as Apparition (uncredited)