Overview
Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.
Cast
- Piotr Łysak as Mikołaj Srebrny
- Tomasz Hudziec as Mikołaj Srebrny (Child)
- Hanna Skarżanka as Mikołaj's Grandmother
- Maria Chwalibóg as Komendowa
- Teresa Marczewska as Mother
- Bronisław Pawlik as Michał Srebrny
- Janusz Michałowski as Wacław Komenda
- Wiktor Sadecki as Middle School Headmaster
- Stanisław Igar as Ptaszycki
- Michał Pawlicki as Catechist