"A peasant’s son rises through the ranks of post-war Polish society like none of his ancestors ever could. Moving to the city, he becomes part of a new socialist order. But in leaving his rural roots behind, does he also abandon his soul?"
Franciszek Trzeciak
as Michał Toporny
Beata Tyszkiewicz
as Wiesława, druga żona Topornego
Beata Tumkiewicz
as Maria, pierwsza żona Topornego
Czesław Przybyła
as nauczyciel
Tadeusz Łomnicki
as dyrektor
Józef Fryźlewicz
as Kinol
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
as ojciec Wiesławy
Irena Orska
as matka Wiesławy
Jerzy Zelnik
as Zatorski
Edmund Fetting
as przedstawiciel ministerstwa
Czesław Wojtała
as Jastrząb
Zygmunt Malanowicz
as dziedzic
Anna Ciepielewska
as sekretarka Basia
Włodzimierz Saar
as Frączak
Wirgiliusz Gryń
as robotnik
Grażyna Krukówna
as nadgorliwa
Zofia Kopacz
as pokojówka
Piotr Krasicki
as Staszek
Jerzy Krasuń
as [obsada aktorska]
Krzysztof Materna
Bronisław Wrocławski
Andrzej Precigs
Adam Daniewicz
Andrzej Jurczak
Ryszard Mróz
Zygmunt Wiaderny
Jerzy Fijałkowski
Grzegorz Królikiewicz
Director
Halina Nawrocka
Editor
Julian Kawalec
Novel
Jadwiga Ignatczenko
Zbigniew Rybczyński
Director of Photography
Screenplay
Janusz Hajdun
Original Music Composer