
Jan, the café pianist, comes from the countryside. The talented boy was taken care of by an old organist. Jan then studied at the conservatory, where he made friends with Paweł, an undisciplined but very talented composer. Paweł's works gain publicity abroad, but he himself, unable to bear human envy and accept the loss of his beloved girl, commits suicide ... Jan's father dies, and soon his mother ...

as Jan

as Paweł Socha

as Jan as a child

as Urszula

as Halina

as Jan's father

as Jan's mother

as Organist

as Parish priest

as University dean

as Caretaker

as Professor

as Lecturer

as Zośka

as Nurse (uncredited)

as Sochowa (uncredited)