Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.
as Mikołaj Srebrny
as Mikołaj Srebrny (Child)
as Mikołaj's Grandmother
as Komendowa
as Mother
as Michał Srebrny
as Wacław Komenda
as Middle School Headmaster
as Ptaszycki
as Catechist
as Chwostek
as Znamierowski
as Marecki
as Marecki (Child)
as Stukło
as Stukło (Child)
as Wysłocka
as Raciaty
as Róża
as Balbina
as Doctor
as Guest in Poręba
as Student accused of Snitching
as Priest
as Student (uncredited)