An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.
Cast
Jan Kreczmar
Tadeusz
Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek
Ignacy Gogolewski
Doctor Zygmunt Gross
Irena Horecka
Helena Kunicka
Janusz Kłosiński
Bookstore Manager
Barbara Krafftówna
Jadwiga
Wacław Kowalski
Madeja
Kazimierz Opaliński
Pieczara
Władysław Dewoyno
Train Waiter
Adam Dzieszyński
Hotel Receptionist
Janusz Gajos
Monk
Stefania Kołodziejczyk
Waitress
Irma Kozłowska
Caretaker
Zofia Merle
Wacka
Irena Orska
Neighbour
Jadwiga Skupnik
Phone Operator
Irena Eichlerówna
Zofia
Leopold Rene Nowak
Gestapo Officer / Man on the Street (uncredited)
Kazimierz Ostrowicz
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Crew
Leopold Rene Nowak
Documentation & Support
Wojciech Has
Director
Andrzej Kijowski
Screenplay, Story
Zofia Dwornik
Editor
Danuta Bonikowska
Assistant Editor
Mieczysław Jahoda
Director of Photography
Wojciech Solarz
First Assistant Director
Halina Garus
Assistant Director
Karol Dąbrowski
Assistant Director
Eugenia Jaśkiewicz
Assistant Director
Jerzy Skarżyński
Production Design, Costume Design
Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Production Design
Witold Sobociński
Camera Operator
Julian Magda
Assistant Camera
Mieczysław Sitarz
Assistant Camera
Alicja Wasilewska
Assistant Costume Designer
Lidia Skarżyńska
Costume Design
Tadeusz Domiczek
Assistant Makeup Artist
Anna Włodarczyk
Makeup Artist
Jan Franciszczak
Sound Assistant
Kazimierz Siczek
Sound Assistant
Bohdan Bieńkowski
Sound
Stanisław Radwan
Music
Krzysztof Penderecki
Music
Maria Szafran
Set Decoration
Albert Kuchnia
Assistant Production Design
Ryszard Straszewski
Production Manager
Wiesława Borecka
Assistant Production Manager
Wanda Wojnar-Iliew
Assistant Production Manager
Marek Dobrowolski
Assistant Production Manager
Janusz Przybylski
Conductor
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