The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.
as Lidka
as Paweł
as Mirek
as Doctor Janowski
as Professor
as Paweł's Father
as Landlady
as Professor Michniewicz
as Countess Róża
as Waleria Siekierzyńska
as Maryna
as Waiter
as Feliks
as Pikolak (uncredited)
as German Officer (uncredited)
as Man at the Bar (uncredited)
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Count Tolo (uncredited)
as Maestro (uncredited)
as Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)
as Grzebiński (uncredited)
as Night Club Singer (uncredited)
as Polish Soldier (uncredited)
as German Officer (uncredited)
as Railway Worker (uncredited)
as Guest of Countess Róża (uncredited)
as Prostitute with a Cigarette (uncredited)
as Fiddler (uncredited)
as Woman renting a Room to Paweł (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Celina (uncredited)
