
Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.
Piotr Łysak
Mikołaj Srebrny
Tomasz Hudziec
Mikołaj Srebrny (Child)

Hanna Skarżanka
Mikołaj's Grandmother

Maria Chwalibóg
Komendowa

Teresa Marczewska
Mother

Bronisław Pawlik
Michał Srebrny

Janusz Michałowski
Wacław Komenda

Wiktor Sadecki
Middle School Headmaster

Stanisław Igar
Ptaszycki

Michał Pawlicki
Catechist

Jan Nowicki
Chwostek

Henryk Boukołowski
Znamierowski

Bogdan Koca
Marecki
Tomasz Koca
Marecki (Child)

Piotr Probosz
Stukło