Róża marries a promising young architect, Juliusz. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Róża abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls in love with another man, and tries to put her life back together, but one day, unexpectedly, Juliusz does return - a shattered, mere ghost of his former self, physically crippled and tormented by memories of the camps. First out of duty, then out of pity, Róża starts to care for him, but her feelings slowly are transformed into a kind of revulsion
as Róża Zborska
as Józia
as Juliusz
as Professor Stęgień
as Irena
as Flower Seller
as Psychiatrist's Wife
as Szymek
as Psychiatrist Ludwik
as Man leading a Wedding Procession
as Henryk Thiel
as Foreman
as Wacław
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as SS Soldier (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Girl on the Street (uncredited)
as Camp Prisoner (uncredited)
as (uncredited)