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.
Directed by Wojciech Marczewski
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Cast
Piotr Łysak
Mikołaj Srebrny
Tomasz Hudziec
Mikołaj Srebrny (Child)
Hanna Skarżanka
Mikołaj's Grandmother
Maria Chwalibóg
Komendowa
Teresa Marczewska
Mother
Bronisław Pawlik
Michał Srebrny
Janusz Michałowski
Wacław Komenda
Wiktor Sadecki
Middle School Headmaster
Stanisław Igar
Ptaszycki
Michał Pawlicki
Catechist
Jan Nowicki
Chwostek
Henryk Boukołowski
Znamierowski
Bogdan Koca
Marecki
Tomasz Koca
Marecki (Child)
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