
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
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Marek Walczewski as Host

Izabela Olszewska as Hostess

Ewa Ziętek as Bride

Daniel Olbrychski as Bridegroom

Emilia Krakowska as Marysia

Mieczysław Stoor as Wojtek

Kazimierz Opaliński as Father

Henryk Borowski as Old Man

Marek Perepeczko as Jasiek

Janusz Bukowski as Kasper

Andrzej Łapicki as Poet

Wojciech Pszoniak as Journalist / Stanczyk

Andrzej Szczepkowski as Nose

Mieczysław Czechowicz as Priest

Barbara Wrzesińska as Maryna

Gabriela Kownacka as Zosia

Małgorzata Lorentowicz as Mrs. Councillor

Maria Konwicka as Haneczka

Franciszek Pieczka as Czepiec

Hanna Skarżanka as Klimina

Bożena Dykiel as Kasia

Leszek Piskorz as Staszek

Anna Góralska as Isia

Mieczysław Voit as Jew

Maja Komorowska as Rachela

Czesław Niemen as Chochoł (voice)

Olgierd Łukaszewicz as Ghost

Czesław Wołłejko as Hetman

Wirgiliusz Gryń as Szela

Artur Młodnicki as Wernyhora

Wiktor Grotowicz as Apparition (uncredited)
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