Overview
The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
Cast
- Teresa Lipowska as Jagna Ślimakowa
- Franciszek Pieczka as Józef Ślimak
- Andrzej Kozak as Maciek Owczarz
- Włodzimierz Twardowski as Jędrek
- Janina Grzegorczyk as Magda
- Wanda Ostrowska as Hedwig
- Ewa Zdzieszyńska as Sobieska
- Ewa Żukowska
- Henryk Bista as Hirszgold
- Ludwik Benoit as mayor