Cast & Crew

Directed by

Jan Rybkowski

Writing Credits

Ryszard Frelek

Cast

Barbara Brylska
Maria / Anna
Jan Machulski
Piotr
Boleslaw Plotnicki
Boleslaw Perkuc
Andrzej Seweryn
Tomek
Maciej Damiecki
Policeman Józek
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Archaeology Professor
Franciszek Pieczka
Railwayman Franek
Tadeusz Schmidt
Jan
Leonard Andrzejewski
Stanislaw Kolinski "Sep"
Tadeusz Bartosik
PPR Secretary
Bogusz Bilewski
Thug
Janusz Bylczynski
PSL Member
Witold Dederko
Man in Maria's Apartment
Zbigniew Dobrzynski
Former Concentration Camp Prisoner
Barbara Drapinska
Soviet Nurse
Bohdan Ejmont
Soviet Doctor
Marek Gajewski
Farmer Ryba
Roland Glowacki
Józek's Murderer
Marian Godlewski
German Professor
Wiktor Grotowicz
SS Man
Helena Gruszecka
Woman on the Train
Ryszarda Hanin
Piotr's Mother
Jerzy Januszewicz
Man Watching Józek Being Killed
Mieczyslaw Kalenik
German Soldier
Eugeniusz Kaminski
PPR Member Stefan
Janusz Klosinski
Former Concentration Camp Prisoner
Zbigniew Koczanowicz
Repatriation Clerk
Tadeusz Kosudarski
Policeman Arresting Józek's Murderer
Waclaw Kowalski
Mazur
Jerzy Kownas
Sergeant
Jadwiga Kuryluk
Józek's Mother
Jaroslaw Kuszewski
Andrzej
Katarzyna Laniewska
Mazur's Wife
Grazyna Marzec
Tomek's Mother
Kazimierz Meres
Officer from Oflag
Jerzy Moes
Guard
Jerzy Molga
Perkuc's Son-in-Law
Adam Mularczyk
Railwayman
Stanislaw Niwinski
Deserter from Silesia
Ludwik Pak
Man in the Cab
Adam Pawlikowski
NSZ Member
Adam Perzyk
Prisoner
Ryszard Pietruski
Man Going to Warsaw
Ewa Pokas
Foreigner
Maciej Rayzacher
Anna's Father Jerzy
Aleksander Sewruk
Doctor
Witold Skaruch
Teacher
Wojciech Skibinski
Doctor
Boguslaw Sochnacki
Looter
Tadeusz Somogi
NSZ Member
Franciszek Staniewski
Policeman
Roman Sykala
SS Man
Anna Wesolowska
Nurse
Ewa Wisniewska
Tomek's Girlfriend Barbara
Danuta Wodynska
Woman Going to Czestochowa
Andrzej Zaorski
Anna's Friend
Urszula Galecka
German woman riding a hunchback to Olsztyn

Music by

Andrzej Trzaskowski

Cinematography by

Witold Sobocinski

Editing by

Maria Orlowska

Production Design by

Halina Dobrowolska
Jerzy Szeski

Art Direction by

Andrzej Borecki

Costume Design by

Magdalena Biernawska-Teslawska
(as Magdalena Teslawska)

Makeup Department

Krystyna Chmielewska
assistant makeup artist
Mieczyslaw Posmiechowicz
makeup artist

Production Management

Mieczyslaw Ferster
unit production manager
Jerzy Laskowski
production manager
Edward Zajicek
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Krystyna Chilinska
assistant director
Zbigniew Lewicki
second unit director
Ryszard Plucinski
second unit director
Witold Holtz
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Wieslaw Orlowski
assistant production designer
Allan Starski
assistant production designer
Michal Sulkiewicz
assistant production designer

Sound Department

Jerzy Szawlowski
sound
Tadeusz Wosinski
sound editor

Special Effects by

Zbigniew Golebiewski
pyrotechnician
Henryk Piotrowski
pyrotechnician

Camera and Electrical Department

Bohdan Borewicz
assistant camera
Henryk Depczyk
camera operator
Piotr Jaszczuk
assistant camera
Jacek Stachlewski
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Alina Sienkiewicz
assistant costume designer

Editorial Department

Krystyna Górnicka
assistant editor

Music Department

Henryk Kuzniak
music supervisor
Andrzej Trzaskowski
conductor

Additional Crew

Andrzej Albinowski
production assistant
Bronislaw Belczewski
consultant
Stanislaw Kania
consultant
Boguslaw Szwajkowski
production assistant
Witold Wawrzyniak
production assistant
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