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Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.Read moreLess
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
The story
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
Cast & crew
Marek WalczewskiHost
Izabela OlszewskaHostess
Ewa ZiętekBride
Daniel OlbrychskiBridegroom
Emilia KrakowskaMarysia
Mieczysław StoorWojtek
Kazimierz OpalińskiFather
Henryk BorowskiOld Man
Marek PerepeczkoJasiek
Janusz BukowskiKasper
Andrzej ŁapickiPoet
Wojciech PszoniakJournalist / StanczykExplore the crew
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Original Music Composer
- Stanisław Radwan
- Editor
- Halina Prugar-Ketling
- Original Music Composer
- Czesław Niemen
- Director of Photography
- Witold Sobociński
- Screenplay
- Andrzej Kijowski