100 minutes
10/4/2002
A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's son, Waclaw. On this day, the tongue-tied Cupbearer asks a braggart courtier, Papkin, to sue on his behalf for the hand of the widow Hanna. Papkin succeeds and
Roman Polanski
as Józef Papkin
Janusz Gajos
as cześnik Maciej Raptusiewicz
Andrzej Seweryn
as rejent Milczek
Katarzyna Figura
as podstolina Hanna
Daniel Olbrychski
as Dyndalski, sługa Cześnika
Agata Buzek
as Klara Raptusiewiczówna
Rafał Królikowski
as Wacław Milczek, syn Rejenta
Lech Dyblik
as Śmigalski
Cezary Żak
as Perełka, kuchmistrz Cześnika
Jerzy Nowak
as murarz I
Tadeusz Wojtych
as murarz II
Henryk Gołębiewski
as murarz III
Jerzy Słonka
as ksiądz
Magdalena Smalara
as Rózia
Grażyna Zielińska
as kucharka
Wiesław Łągiewka
as służący
Waldemar Czyszak
as służący
Małgorzata Jóźwiak
as służąca
Jan Seweryn
as służący
Kazimierz Mazur
as służący
Michał Sieczkowski
as Służący