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.

Genres

Cast

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

Piotr Probosz

Stukło