Cast & Crew

Directed by

Bohdan Poreba

Writing Credits

Wlodzimierz T. Kowalski

Cast

Wlodzimierz Adamski
Stanislaw Burhardt-Bukacki, Commander of Polish Rifle Squads
Arkadiusz Bazak
Col. Harry Kessler, German Government Envoy in Magdeburg
Hanna Bedrynska
Doctor's Wife
Zbigniew Bielski
Janek Pawlak, Franek's Brother
Henryk Bista
Raymond Poincaré, French President
Emir Buczacki
Aristide Briand, French Prime Minister
Janusz Bylczynski
Prelate, Member of the Regency Council
Jan Bógdol
Józef Grzegorzek, Commander of Polish Military Organization of Upper Silesia
Krzysztof Chamiec
Ignacy Paderewski
Adolf Chronicki
Waclaw Sieroszewski
Jan Ciecierski
Józef Ostrowski, Member of the Regency Council
Wladyslaw Dewoyno
Pawlaks' Father
Mariusz Dmochowski
Wojciech Trampczynski, Marshal of the Sejm of Poland
Barbara Dzido-Lelinska
Pilsudski's Housekeeper
Jerzy Fedorowicz
Marian Kukiel
Edmund Fetting
David Lloyd George
Józef Fryzlewicz
Roman Dmowski
Zbigniew Geiger
Polish Legions Soldier
Henryk Gizycki
Stanislaw Wiza
Ignacy Gogolewski
Stefan Zeromski
Wieslaw Golas
Józef Dowbór-Musnicki
Mariusz Gorczynski
Disarmed German Officer / Japanese Delegate in Versailles
Tadeusz Janczar
Wojciech Korfanty
Zbigniew Józefowicz
Ignacy Daszynski
Jerzy Kaliszewski
Woodrow Wilson
Józef Kalita
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski, Member of the Regency Council
Emil Karewicz
Edward House
Andro Kobaladze
Joseph Stalin
Tadeusz Kondrat
Doctor Talking with Lieutenant Kasprzycki
Andrzej Kozak
Priest Pawel Pospiech
Zdzislaw Kozien
Augustyn Losinski, Bishop of Kielce
Andrzej Krasicki
Prince Hermann von Hatzfeldt
Eugeniusz Kujawski
Col. Edward Rydz-Smigly, Commander of the 1st Legions Regiment
Laura Lacz
Franek Pawlak's Wife
Marian Lacz
Polish Legions Soldier
Kirill Lavrov
Wlodziemierz Lenin
Marek Litewka
Lieutenant Tadeusz Kasprzycki, Commander of the First Cadre Company
Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski
Wladyslaw Mickiewicz
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Alexander Izvolsky, Russian Ambassador in Paris
Henryk Machalica
Waclaw Niemojewski, Marshal of the Council of State
Zygmunt Maciejewski
Ludomir Grendyszynski, Member of the Provisional Council of State
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Franek Pawlak
Jerzy Michotek
Comrade Petakov
Zdzislaw Mrozewski
Arthur Balfour
Gabriel Nehrebecki
Polish Legions Soldier
Stanislaw Niwinski
Erazm Piltz, Dmowski's Adviser
Józef Para
Leon Wasilewski, Member of the Polish Socialist Party
Andrzej Precigs
Tadek Pawlak
Remigiusz Rogacki
Member of the Supreme People's Council in Poznan
Marian Rulka
Member of the Supreme People's Council in Poznan
Jerzy Sagan
Member of the Supreme People's Council in Poznan
Igor Smialowski
Hans von Beseler, General Governor of Warsaw
Alicja Sobieraj
Woman Reciting a Poem on Franek's Wedding
Ryszard Sobolewski
Pilsudski's Delegate on the Supreme People's Council Meeting
Marcin Sosnowski
Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Pilsudski Adviser
Krzysztof Swietochowski
Member of the Lublin Government
Stefan Szmidt
Maj. Albin Fleszar, Commander of the 7th Legions Infantry Regiment
Waclaw Ulewicz
Marian Seyda, Dmowski's Adviser
Mieczyslaw Voit
Sergey Sazonov, Russian Foreign Minister
Eugeniusz Walaszek
Man Talking with Briand
Janusz Zakrzenski
Józef Pilsudski
Tomasz Zaliwski
Maciej Rataj, Member of the Sejm of Poland
Józef Zbiróg
Cpt. Jan Nowak, Officer of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff
Artur Barcis
Student of a Vocational School in Warsaw
Wlodzimierz Bednarski
Officer, Member of the Polish National Committee
Tadeusz Borowski
Narrator
Ryszard Dembinski
Minister During Sejm Meeting
Janusz Dziubinski
Col. Marian Januszajtis
Piotr Grabowski
Priest Eugeniusz Okon, Member of the Sejm of Poland
Stanislaw Gronkowski
Member of the Supreme National Committee
Andrzej Grzybowski
German General Talking with Lubomirski
Kazimierz Iwinski
Member of the Presidium of the Sejm of Poland
Stanislaw Jaroszynski
Polish Legions Soldier
Stanislaw Jaskiewicz
Member of the Sejm of Poland
Antoni Jurasz
Upper Silesian Politician Meeting Korfanty
Witold Kaluski
American Politician on Paderewski's Concert in New York
Stanislaw Marian Kaminski
Polish Legions Soldier
Jerzy Korcz
Wincenty Witos
Eugeniusz Korczarowski
Soldier Near a Well
Zbigniew Korepta
Communist on a Demonstration
Roman Kosierkiewicz
French Politician in Versailles
Zbigniew Krynski
Man Listening to Pilsudski
Tomasz Medrzak
Doctor's Son
Anna Milewska
Member of Government of Lublin
Jerzy Turek
Member of Komitet Narodowy

Music by

Czeslaw Niemen

Cinematography by

Waclaw Dybowski

Editing by

Jaroslaw Ostanówko

Production Design by

Andrzej Plocki

Set Decoration by

Maria Karmolinska

Costume Design by

Irena Wlodarczyk

Makeup Department

Krystyna Chmielewska
assistant makeup artist
Teodor Grymaszewski
makeup artist
Elzbieta Karmolinska
assistant makeup artist / associate makeup artist
Krystyna Lukjanska
associate makeup artist
Ryszard Ostanówko
associate makeup artist
Mieczyslaw Posmiechowicz
assistant makeup artist
Teresa Tomaszewska
assistant makeup artist
Ewa Wende
associate makeup artist

Production Management

Zdzislaw Kuczynski
assistant production manager
Andrzej Lipowicz
associate production manager
Jacek Moczydlowski
production manager
Zdzislaw Mrozowicz
associate production manager
Zygmunt Pelka
associate production manager
Ewa Plaza
associate production manager
Janusz Strelcow
assistant production manager
Urszula Wolska
associate production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jerzy Borowicz
associate director
Krystyna Gebala
associate director
Jolanta Slobodzian
assistant director
Romuald Staszkiewicz
assistant director
Leslaw Wilk
assistant director
Andrzej Wróbel
assistant director

Art Department

Maksymilian Jalocha
associate production designer
Bronislaw Laskowski
associate production designer
Leszek Leszczyk
assistant production designer
Ewa Skoczkowska
associate production designer (as Ewa Grocholewicz)
Ewa Tarnowska
associate production designer
Franciszek Wróblewski
associate production designer
Malgorzata Zaleska
assistant production designer

Sound Department

Mikolaj Kompan-Altman
sound (as Mikolaj Kompan)
Zygmunt Nowak
assistant
Krzysztof Pietras
assistant
Marian Redlich
assistant

Camera and Electrical Department

Tadeusz Jaworski
assistant camera
Jerzy Majak
assistant camera
Wieslaw Pyda
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Wojciech Gronkowski
assistant costume designer
Krzysztof Grzymkowski
military costumer
Anna Pawlicka
assistant costume designer
Jerzy Szeski
military costumer

Editorial Department

Józef Majchrzak
assistant editor
Waldemar Ostanówko
assistant editor

Music Department

Czeslaw Niemen
performer

Additional Crew

Zygmunt Bielecki
consultant
Ryszard Frelek
consultant
Jerzy Goryszewski
consultant
Andrzej Osadzinski
consultant
Waclaw Ryzewski
consultant
Jan Sobczak
consultant
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