Overview
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
Director and cast
- Jan Koecher as Stanisław Moniuszko
- Jerzy Duszyński as Włodzimierz Wolski
- Barbara Kostrzewska as Paulina Rivoli
- Nina Andrycz as Maria Kalergis
- Danuta Szaflarska as Countess Krystyna
- Janusz Warnecki as Professor
- Jan Kurnakowicz as Prof. Jan Quatrini
- Stanisław Żeleński as Józef Sikorski, music critic
- Gustaw Buszyński as Theater Director Ignacy Abramowicz
- Zdzisław Mrożewski as Count Alfred (as Z. Morzewski)
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