Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.

Marian Kociniak
Kazio

Andrzej Zaorski
Staszek

Bogusław Sochnacki
Rysiek

Ryszard Pietruski
Bernard Kalus

Tadeusz Kalinowski
Wala

Anna Ciepielewska
Maryjka

Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska
Alka

Helena Dąbrowska
Helga

Maria Kaniewska
Gerda Buchtowa
Genowefa Korska

Jolanta Umecka
Edyta Buchta

Jerzy Nowak
Alfred Buchta

Witold Pyrkosz
Alojz

Andrzej Jurczak
Wala's Son

Janusz Kłosiński
Tomala