
Film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart.

as Franciszek Retman

as Agnieszka

as Małgorzata

as Patient

as Physician

as University Dean

as Bogdan Mielnik

as Władysław Turski

as Assistant

as Łukasz Turski

as Franciszek's Mother


as Patient's Mother




as Franciszek's Son


as Worker



as Man In Shelter


as Fascist

as Man With Axe




as Woman In Window

as Commission Member (uncredited)