A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.
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Jadwiga Barańska as Barbara Niechcic
Jerzy Bińczycki as Bogumił Niechcic
Stanisława Celińska as Agnieszka Niechcic
Ewa Dałkowska as Olesia Chrobotówna
Władysław Hańcza as Jan Łada
Elżbieta Karkoszka as Magda
Bogusław Sochnacki as Roman Katelba
Zygmunt Zintel as Stefan Olczak
Tadeusz Fijewski as Łuczak
Henryk Borowski as Klemens Klicki
Krystyna Borowicz as Winczewska
Mieczysław Voit as Ludwik Ceglarski
Magdalena Zawadzka as Ksawunia Woynarowska
Andrzej Szczepkowski as Rejent Wacław Holszański
Andrzej Seweryn as Anzelm Ostrzeński
Kazimierz Opaliński as Rejent Joachim Ostrzeński
Zdzisław Mrożewski as Leon Woynarowski
Zbigniew Koczanowicz as Szymszel
Emir Buczacki as Lucjan Kociełło
Ryszarda Hanin as Żarnecka
Cezary Julski as Antoni Kałużny
Beata Tyszkiewicz as Stefania Holszanska
Karol Strasburger as Józef Toliboski
Jan Nowicki as Preusker
Zofia Merle as Maria Kałużna
Barbara Rachwalska as Jadwiga Ostrzeńska
Ludwik Benoit as Jozafat
Janusz Paluszkiewicz as Banasiak
Ilona Kuśmierska-Kocyłak as Emilka Niechcic
Jerzy Kamas as Daniel Ostrzeński
Olgierd Łukaszewicz as Janusz Ostrzeński
Jan Englert as Marcin Śniadowski
Marek Walczewski as Daleniecki
Janina Traczykówna as Michalina Ostrzeńska
Elżbieta Starostecka as Teresa Ostrzeńska-Kociełło
Piotr Fronczewski as
Wanda Łuczycka as Arkuszowa
Gustaw Lutkiewicz as Baścik
Teresa Lipowska as Stacha Łuczakówna
Alicja Jachiewicz as Woman at Opera
Wiktor Nanowski as Klimecki
Aleksander Sewruk as Dr. Wettler
Kazimierz Mazur as Tomasz Niechcic
Piotr Binder as Bodzio Ostrzenski
Tadeusz Cygler as
Tadeusz Czechowski as
Halina Czengery as Wiktoria Lada
Irena Hrehorowicz as
Mieczysław Kalenik as Stefan Olczak
Jadwiga Kuryluk as Ludwiczka
Aleksandra Leszczyńska as Bogumil's Mother
Andrzej May as Owrucki
Andrzej Mrożewski as Tadeusz Krepski
Leszek Piskorz as Kazimierz
Janina Seredyńska as Mrs. Hlasko
Andrzej Szenajch as Lada's Guest / Prussian Officer
Witold Zarychta as
Janusz Ziejewski as Walenty
Wojciech Alaborski as Seweryn Bartold
Andrzej Chrzanowski as Kazimierz Sielski
Witold Dederko as Peasant
Jerzy Fedorowicz as Tomaszek's Friend
Aleksander Fogiel as Priest Kryjak
Andrzej Gawroński as Czerniak
Aleksander Gąssowski as Doctor
Teodor Gendera as Peasant
Maciej Góraj as Limeburner
Michał Grudziński as Soldier
Alina Jurewicz as Widow
Witold Kałuski as Best Man
Helena Kowalczykowa as Peasant
Irena Kownas as Felicja
Andrzej Krasicki as Hipolit Niechcic
Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski as
Henryk Łapiński as
Alicja Migulanka as Cook
Jerzy Rogowski as Rider
Wojciech Sarnowicz as Piotrus Niechcic
Zdzisław Szymański as Peasant
Danuta Wodyńska as Klimecka
Bożena Dykiel as Andzia
Józef Grzeszczak as Russian Officer
Kazimierz Kaczor as
Mieczysław Milecki as
Anna Nehrebecka as Celina Mroczkowna-Katelbina
Jerzy Tkaczyk as Lada's Guest
Magdalena Wołłejko as Oktawia Kociellówna (uncredited)
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