104 minutes
11/7/2014
An attempt at depicting the life of a generation born and raised in communist Poland; a generation that lived through all the stages of that system and made it to democracy. Throughout his life, the film's protagonist has always tried to be active, but something always got in his way, either through an absurd coincidence, as a result of his own lack of ability, or due to the unpredictable nature of certain events in our recent history.
Jerzy Stuhr
as Jan Bratek
Maciej Stuhr
as Jan Bratek (young)
Janusz Gajos
as Janusz Gajos
Dorota Stalińska
as pani poseł
Jerzy Fedorowicz
as pan poseł
Barbara Horawianka
as matka Jana
Magdalena Boczarska
as matka Jana w młodości
Sonia Bohosiewicz
as Renata Zgółka-Bratek
Violetta Arlak
as Kazia
Jaśmina Polak
as Anna Złotowska
Cezary Kosiński
as ojciec Jana
Grzegorz Warchoł
as Mietek Dubel
Wojciech Malajkat
as Lipski
Ireneusz Czop
as dyrektor "Kuszy"
Jan Prochyra
as kierownik Towarzystwa Krzewienia Kultury Żydowskiej
Andrzej Deskur
as priest Stanisław
Krzysztof Dracz
as school principal
Leszek Zduń
as kolega z zakładów mleczarskich
Anna Gornostaj
as kobieta z Komitetu Tożsamości
Magdalena Kuta
as pani z komisji dyscyplinarnej ds. nauczycieli
Marek Kasprzyk
as Ryszard
Robert Wabich
as esbek na klatce
Rafał Zawierucha
as delegat
Stanisław Brudny
as professor Licieja
Leonardo Lacaria