117 minutes
10/24/1983
Jan, the café pianist, comes from the countryside. The talented boy was taken care of by an old organist. Jan then studied at the conservatory, where he made friends with Paweł, an undisciplined but very talented composer. Paweł's works gain publicity abroad, but he himself, unable to bear human envy and accept the loss of his beloved girl, commits suicide ... Jan's father dies, and soon his mother ...
Jan Jurewicz
as Jan
Franciszek Muła
as Paweł Socha
Paweł Paradowski
as Jan as a child
Maria Probosz
as Urszula
Hanna Banaszak
as Halina
Tomasz Zaliwski
as Jan's father
Anna Milewska
as Jan's mother
Józef Pieracki
as Organist
Zdzisław Kozień
as Parish priest
Leon Niemczyk
as University dean
Halina Buyno-Łoza
as Caretaker
Erwin Nowiaszak
as Professor
Janusz Pac-Pomarnacki
as Lecturer
Krystyna Demska-Olbrychska
as Zośka
Kazimierz Wysota
as Nurse (uncredited)
Maria Zbyszewska
as Sochowa (uncredited)