"After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts."
Franciszek Pieczka
as Haratyk
Ryszard Filipski
as Górniok
Stanisław Gronkowski
as Wigezy
Teresa Marczewska
as Hanka
Marian Kociniak
as "Mały"
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
as Moskała
Józef Morgała
as Piela
Edward Rączkowski
as Bolączka
Emir Buczacki
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Mieczysław Gajda
as Dumb Wala (uncredited)
Andrzej Gazdeczka
as "Czarny" (uncredited)
Andrzej Hrydzewicz
as People's Army Soldier (uncredited)
Bogusław Sochnacki
as Waliczek (uncredited)
Krzysztof Kieślowski
as MO Officer (uncredited)
Henryk Kluba
as Bishop (uncredited)
Zbigniew Lesień
as Man at the Meeting (uncredited)
Konstanty Lewkowicz
as Gorzeł (uncredited)
Jerzy Nowak
as "Koślawy" (uncredited)
Ryszard Wachowski
Zygmunt Zintel
as Motyka (voice) (uncredited)
Zygmunt Konieczny
Music
Mikołaj Kompan-Altman
Sound
Jarosław Świtoniak
Production Design
Mirosława Garlicka
Editor
Production Manager
Director
Wiesław Zdort
Director of Photography
Jolanta Komorowska
Costume Design
Eugeniusz Gawrysiak
Assistant Camera
Zbigniew Brejtkopf
Assistant Production Manager
Wiesław Dymny
Screenplay
Alicja Kluba
Assistant Director
Jerzy Szczecinski
Sound Assistant
Hieronim Langner
Aleksander Sajkow
First Assistant Director
Aleksy Krywsza
Mieczyslaw Lewandowski
Camera Operator
Jerzy Pękalski
Assistant Editor
Alfreda Bączyk
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jarosław Ostanówko
Leszek Leszczyk
Assistant Production Design
Lyricist
Czesław Jacenko
Unit Manager
Teresa Tomaszewska
Makeup Artist
Daniel Szylit
Danuta Iwanowska