Overview
Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
Cast
- Edward Dziewoński as Dzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- Józef Nowak as Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
- Barbara Połomska as Zosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- Ignacy Machowski as Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- Leon Niemczyk as Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- Kazimierz Opaliński as Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- Zofia Czerwińska as Lula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- Jerzy Felczyński as Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- Roman Hubczenko as (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
- Zygmunt Listkiewicz as (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")