"Tragedy befalls Hanka, as her husband and father die fighting Austrian forces invading the Duchy of Warsaw in 1809."
Harriet Andersson
as Hanka
Ignacy Gogolewski
as Janek
Folke Sundquist
as Austrian officer
Kazimierz Fabisiak
as Hanka's father
Ryszard Barycz
as Polish officer
Krystyna Feldman
as Village woman (uncredited)
Mariusz Gorczyński
as Infantry corporal (uncredited)
Wiesława Kosmalska
as Wedding guest (uncredited)
Mirosława Marcheluk
Marian Nowak
as Mayor (uncredited)
Leonard Pietraszak
as Lancer (uncredited)
Zbigniew Płoszaj
as Soldier (uncredited)
Edward Radulski
as Dancer (uncredited)
Tadeusz Somogi
as Austrian soldier (uncredited)
Mieczysław Voit
as Dragoon (uncredited)
Andrzej Wykrętowicz
Stanisław Wisłocki
Music
Józef Bartczak
Sound
Franciszek Trzaskowski
Construction Foreman
Tadeusz Marciniak
Unit Manager
Antoni Wójtowicz
Director of Photography
Jerzy Skrzepiński
Costume Design
Jadwiga Swiętosławska
Makeup Artist
Zbigniew Ronert
Assistant Production Manager
Conductor
T. Klimczak
Sound Assistant
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Maria Karpowicz
Assistant Editor
Production Design
Tatiana Manżett
Costume Assistant
Tadeusz Schossler
Franciszek Busiak
Maria Olejniczak
Translator
Zorika Zarzycka
Assistant Director
Tadeusz Zając
Lighting Technician
Jan Janczewski
Assistant Camera
Erik Whiten
Maria Burdecka
Script Supervisor
Stanisław Możdżeński
First Assistant Director
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Set Decoration
Tomira Ancuta
Editor
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Wilhelm Hollender
Production Manager
Erik Blomberg
Director
Mirjami Kuosmanen
Writer
Émile Zola
Short Story
