Overview
Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
Director and cast
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz Director
- Józef Nowak as Szczęsny
- Stanisław Milski as Szczęsny's Father / Czerwiaczek
- Zbigniew Skowroński as Roman Korbal
- Halina Przybylska as Weronka, Szczesny's sister
- Teresa Szmigielówna as Zocha
- Hanka Bielicka as Szamotulska, Szczesny's housekeeper
- Janina Szydłowska as Communist
- Wojciech Pilarski as Marusik
- Zbigniew Józefowicz as Jan Gawlikowski
- Janusz Ściwiarski Cast
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