

85 minutes
10/10/1957
Róża marries a promising young architect, Juliusz. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Róża abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls in love with another man, and tries to put her life back together, but one day, unexpectedly, Juliusz does return - a shattered, mere ghost of his former self, physically crippled and tormented by memories of the camps. First out of duty, then out of pity, Róża starts to care for him, but her feelings slowly are transformed into a kind of revulsion

Lucyna Winnicka
as Róża Zborska
Janina Sokołowska
as Józia

Roland Głowacki
as Juliusz

Andrzej Szalawski
as Professor Stęgień

Olga Bielska
as Irena

Helena Dąbrowska
as Flower Seller

Janina Jabłonowska
as Psychiatrist's Wife

Edward Gliński
as Szymek

Kazimierz Dębowski
as Psychiatrist Ludwik

Zdzisław Leśniak
as Man leading a Wedding Procession

Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Henryk Thiel

Maciej Maciejewski
as Foreman

Tadeusz Minc
as Wacław

Mariusz Gorczyński
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Eugeniusz Kamiński
as SS Soldier (uncredited)

Andrzej Kopiczyński
as (uncredited)

Czesław Piaskowski
as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Leonard Pietraszak
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Maria Wachowiak
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Hanna Stankówna
as Girl on the Street (uncredited)

Ryszard Ronczewski
as Camp Prisoner (uncredited)

Lech Wojciechowski
as (uncredited)