101 minutes
3/4/1951
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
Jan Koecher
as Stanisław Moniuszko
Jerzy Duszyński
as Włodzimierz Wolski
Barbara Kostrzewska
as Paulina Rivoli
Nina Andrycz
as Maria Kalergis
Danuta Szaflarska
as Countess Krystyna
Janusz Warnecki
as Professor
Jan Kurnakowicz
as Prof. Jan Quatrini
Stanisław Żeleński
as Józef Sikorski, music critic
Gustaw Buszyński
as Theater Director Ignacy Abramowicz
Zdzisław Mrożewski
as Count Alfred (as Z. Morzewski)
Tadeusz Cygler
as Julian Dobrski
Wacław Domieniecki
as Italian Tenor
Józef Karbowski
as Secretary
Jan Ciecierski
as Bishop
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Theater Records-keeper
Ludwik Sempoliński
as Klimowicz
Krystyna Karkowska
as Magdalenka
Halina Billing-Wohl
as Moniuszka (wife)
Wacław Ścibor-Rylski
as Sacchetti
Aleksander Gąssowski
as Jefimow
Henryk Modrzewski
as Sennewald
Zenon Burzyński
as Tunio
Ludwik Benoit
as Sculptor
Zdzisław Szymański
as Reporter
Mieczysław Pawlikowski
as Musician
Tadeusz Pluciński
as Painter
Ryszard Barycz
as Poet
Emil Karewicz
as Georg
Jan Zielinski
as stage manager
Bronisław Darski
as Porter (uncredited)
Jerzy Kaczmarek
as (uncredited)
Maria Kaniewska
as Moniuszko's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Krystyna Królikiewicz
as (uncredited)
Wiesława Kwaśniewska
as (uncredited)
Józef Nowak
as Student with Flowers (uncredited)
Janina Ordężanka
as (uncredited)
Lech Ordon
as Publisher (uncredited)
Bronisław Pawlik
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Czesław Piaskowski
as (uncredited)
Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz
as (uncredited)
Olga Sawicka
as (uncredited)
Teresa Szmigielówna
as (uncredited)
Kazimierz Szubert
as (uncredited)
Janusz Ściwiarski
as (uncredited)
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
as Reporter (uncredited)