The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
as Jagna Ślimakowa
as Józef Ślimak
as Maciek Owczarz
as Jędrek
as Magda
as Hedwig
as Sobieska
as Hirszgold
as mayor
as Staś
as sergeant
as Henryk
as Jaśko Grzyb
as Hamer
as Knapp
as Josel Szatzman
as Helmut
as Fritz
as German (uncredited)
as Wilhelm (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as priest (uncredited)
as surveyor (uncredited)
as heir's brother-in-law (uncredited)
as colonist (uncredited)
as German (uncredited)
as colonist (uncredited)
as mayor (uncredited)
as German (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as German (uncredited)
as peasant (uncredited)
as lector (voice) (uncredited)
