Overview
Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.
Director and cast
- Józef Wyszomirski as General Karol Świerczewski
- Karol Wargin as Karol Świerczewski (Child)
- Jacek Woszczerowicz as Vladimir Lenin
- Kazimierz Wilamowski as Joseph Stalin
- Gustaw Holoubek as Feliks Dzierżyński
- Józef Kozłowski as Bolesław Bierut
- Rafał Kajetanowicz as Marshal Konstanty Rokossowski
- Stefan Śródka as Stefan Pawłowski
- Barbara Drapińska as Wala
- Tadeusz Schmidt as Major Bronisław Bień
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