November Night

The story

Television play adaptation of Wajda's stage play of Stanisław Wyspiański's November Night. The drama takes place on two levels - historical and metaphorical. The first one is almost a chronicle of several hours of the uprising - it shows the drama of the attitudes of Poles at the beginning of the armed struggle, in confrontation with the attitude of Grand Duke Constantine, the Tsar's deputy in Poland. The second one presents the world of gods playing out their arguments. Man becomes a plaything in their hands, but it is he who experiences his fear, heroism and hope.

Cast & crew

Jan NowickiGrand Duke / Ares

Teresa Budzisz-KrzyżanowskaJoanna

Jerzy StuhrWysocki

Stefan SzramelGendre

Stanisław GronkowskiKuruta

Bolesław SmelaMakrot

Adam Romanowski

Adam RomanowskiOfficer

Aleksander FabisiakEnsign

Maciej SzaryGroszczyński

Leszek PiskorzNabielak

Marek LitewkaStudent

Tadeusz BradeckiStudent