The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.
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Maria Wachowiak as Lidka
Tadeusz Janczar as Paweł
Gustaw Holoubek as Mirek
Stanisław Jaworski as Doctor Janowski
Stanisław Milski as Professor
Zdzisław Mrożewski as Paweł's Father
Irena Netto as Landlady
Józef Pieracki as Professor Michniewicz
Irena Starkówna as Countess Róża
Helena Sokołowska as Waleria Siekierzyńska
Hanna Skarżanka as Maryna
Jarema Stępowski as Waiter
Saturnin Żórawski as Feliks
Marian Beczkowski as Pikolak (uncredited)
Seweryn Butrym as German Officer (uncredited)
Kazimierz Fabisiak as Man at the Bar (uncredited)
Teresa Gawlikowska as Dancer (uncredited)
Bogumił Kobiela as Count Tolo (uncredited)
Józef Kondrat as Maestro (uncredited)
Jadwiga Kuryluk as Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski as Grzebiński (uncredited)
Anna Lubienska as Night Club Singer (uncredited)
Bronisław Pawlik as Polish Soldier (uncredited)
Adam Pawlikowski as German Officer (uncredited)
Bolesław Płotnicki as Railway Worker (uncredited)
Wojciech Rajewski as Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)
Krystyna Sienkiewicz as Prostitute with a Cigarette (uncredited)
Witold Skaruch as Fiddler (uncredited)
Natalia Szymańska as Woman renting a Room to Paweł (uncredited)
Monika Tay as (uncredited)
Hanna Tycówna as Dancer (uncredited)
Lena Wilczyńska as Celina (uncredited)
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