
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.

as Mikołaj Srebrny

as Mikołaj Srebrny (Child)

as Mikołaj's Grandmother

as Komendowa

as Mother

as Michał Srebrny

as Wacław Komenda

as Middle School Headmaster

as Ptaszycki

as Catechist

as Chwostek

as Znamierowski

as Marecki

as Marecki (Child)

as Stukło

as Stukło (Child)

as Wysłocka

as Raciaty

as Róża




as Balbina


as Doctor

as Guest in Poręba

as Student accused of Snitching


as Priest

as Student (uncredited)