
The film depicts the momentous and tragic history of the Poznan uprising of 1956. The memory of the director, who was a nine-year-old boy at the time, is the only canvass of the script. The main characters of the black-and-white film are two boys aged ten and twelve. From their perspective, the viewer follows the development of events. From the depths of the gates, through the rails of fences and cluttered backyards, through the eyes of the children we watch the street riots. The film, without action in the literal sense of the word, was made using a reportage technique that perfectly captures the spontaneity of the Poznan uprising. Among other things, the author of the picture depicts the adventures of a young worker Zenek, who becomes the unwitting leader of the protest, and five professors, who by chance find themselves in the very center of events.
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Michał Żebrowski as Zenek

Tadeusz Szymków as Stachu Kaczmarek, ojciec Piotrka

Mateusz Hornung as Piotrek

Arkadiusz Walkowiak as Darek

Agata Kulesza as Zośka, nauczycielka bohaterów

Bronisław Pawlik as dziadek Piotrka

Robert Więckiewicz as robotnik

Olaf Lubaszenko as czołgista

Grzegorz Wons as ojciec Darka

Sława Kwaśniewska as ciotka Piotrka

Antonina Choroszy as matka Piotrka (w napisach błędna pisownia nazwiska: Horoszy)

Grażyna Korin as matka Darka

Agnieszka Różańska as blondynka, pielęgniarka w szpitalu

Dorota Sadowska as brunetka, pielęgniarka w szpitalu

Maciej Kozłowski as UB-ek

Ildefons Stachowiak as UB-ek

Mieczysław Hryniewicz as człowiek z walizką

Elżbieta Jarosik as kobieta z UB

Zdzisław Wardejn as redaktor w poznańskiej rozgłośni Polskiego Radia

Janusz Gajos as profesor w wagonie

Władysław Kowalski as profesor w wagonie

Daniel Olbrychski as profesor w wagonie

Jan Nowicki as profesor w wagonie

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz as profesor w wagonie

Henryk Abbe as starszy robotnik

Kasper Bajon as

Krzysztof Banaszyk as strażnik więzienny

Paweł Binkowski as

Wojciech Chorąży as

Zbigniew Grochal as

Lech Łotocki as

Grzegorz Mostowicz-Gerszt as

Czesław Nogacki as

Waldemar Obłoza as

Arnold Pujsza as

Wojciech Standełło as

Jan Heba as milicjant

Bogusław Sochnacki as głos Darka (narratora-głównego bohatera) zza kadru
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