The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.
Cast
Maria Wachowiak
Lidka
Tadeusz Janczar
Paweł
Gustaw Holoubek
Mirek
Stanisław Jaworski
Doctor Janowski
Stanisław Milski
Professor
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Paweł's Father
Irena Netto
Landlady
Józef Pieracki
Professor Michniewicz
Irena Starkówna
Countess Róża
Helena Sokołowska
Waleria Siekierzyńska
Hanna Skarżanka
Maryna
Jarema Stępowski
Waiter
Saturnin Żórawski
Feliks
Marian Beczkowski
Pikolak (uncredited)
Seweryn Butrym
German Officer (uncredited)
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Man at the Bar (uncredited)
Teresa Gawlikowska
Dancer (uncredited)
Bogumił Kobiela
Count Tolo (uncredited)
Józef Kondrat
Maestro (uncredited)
Jadwiga Kuryluk
Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
Grzebiński (uncredited)
Anna Lubienska
Night Club Singer (uncredited)
Bronisław Pawlik
Polish Soldier (uncredited)
Adam Pawlikowski
German Officer (uncredited)
Bolesław Płotnicki
Railway Worker (uncredited)
Wojciech Rajewski
Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)
Krystyna Sienkiewicz
Prostitute with a Cigarette (uncredited)
Witold Skaruch
Fiddler (uncredited)
Natalia Szymańska
Woman renting a Room to Paweł (uncredited)
Monika Tay
(uncredited)
Hanna Tycówna
Dancer (uncredited)
Lena Wilczyńska
Celina (uncredited)
Crew
Wojciech Has
Director, Screenplay
Stanisław Dygat
Screenplay, Novel
Zofia Dwornik
Editor
Zenon Piórecki
Assistant Editor
Mieczysław Jahoda
Director of Photography
Andrzej Czekalski
Assistant Director
Karol Dąbrowski
Assistant Director
Ryszard Pluciński
Assistant Director
Roman Wołyniec
Production Design
Jan Laskowski
Assistant Camera
Ludwik Pełka
Assistant Camera
Janusz Krasowski
Costume Design
Wiesława Chojkowska
Costume Design
Teodor Grymaszewski
Assistant Makeup Artist
Zdzislaw Papierz
Makeup Artist
Wiesław Ćwikliński
Sound Assistant
Józef Tomporek
Sound Assistant
Józef Koprowicz
Sound
Tadeusz Jaworski
Lighting Technician
Lucjan Kaszycki
Original Music Composer
Leonard Mokicz
Set Decoration
Romuald Korczak
Construction Foreman
Wojciech Urbanowicz
Still Photographer
Maria Burdecka
Script Supervisor
Eugeniusz Bozyk
Assistant Production Design
Wilhelm Hollender
Production Manager
Stanisław Daniel
Assistant Production Manager
Alojzy Puk
Unit Manager
Antoni Gniewkowski
Unit Manager
Witold Wawrzyniak
Unit Manager
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