The end of the 1930s. Wilek Lizoń, a true-blue Silesian, together with his troupe of actors and circus performers, stages a play in the courtyards of miners' tenement houses. The main character is Franciszek Buła, a figure from folk tales. Buła's story begins during the Silesian Uprisings. The courtyard artists present vivid images of Frank's school years, his work in the mine, his communist activities, his imprisonment, and his constant poverty. Fantasy mixes with reality.

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Cast

Andrzej Grabarczyk

Franciszek Buła

Mirosław Krawczyk

Stanik

Adam Baumann

"Zagłębiak"

Halina Wyrodek

Franciszek's Mother

Marian Dziędziel

Franciszek's Father

Jerzy Kuczera

Edik Grossbaum

Grażyna Szapołowska

Karina/Karina's Mother

Magdalena Scholl

Young Karina

Andrzej Skupiński

Brzuska

Bolesław Abart

German Officer

Antoni Gryzik

de Berg's Assistant

Michał Leśniak

Mr Onderko