A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's son, Waclaw. On this day, the tongue-tied Cupbearer asks a braggart courtier, Papkin, to sue on his behalf for the hand of the widow Hanna. Papkin succeeds and
as Józef Papkin
as cześnik Maciej Raptusiewicz
as rejent Milczek
as podstolina Hanna
as Dyndalski, sługa Cześnika
as Klara Raptusiewiczówna
as Wacław Milczek, syn Rejenta
as Śmigalski
as Perełka, kuchmistrz Cześnika
as murarz I
as murarz II
as murarz III
as ksiądz
as Rózia
as kucharka
as służący
as służący
as służąca
as służący
as służący
as Służący