"Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka"."
Jan Koecher
as Stanisław Moniuszko
Jerzy Duszyński
as Włodzimierz Wolski
Barbara Kostrzewska
as Paulina Rivoli
Nina Andrycz
as Maria Kalergis
Danuta Szaflarska
as Countess Krystyna
Janusz Warnecki
as Professor
Jan Kurnakowicz
as Prof. Jan Quatrini
Stanisław Żeleński
as Józef Sikorski, music critic
Gustaw Buszyński
as Theater Director Ignacy Abramowicz
Zdzisław Mrożewski
as Count Alfred (as Z. Morzewski)
Tadeusz Cygler
as Julian Dobrski
Wacław Domieniecki
as Italian Tenor
Józef Karbowski
as Secretary
Jan Ciecierski
as Bishop
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Theater Records-keeper
Ludwik Sempoliński
as Klimowicz
Krystyna Karkowska
as Magdalenka
Halina Billing-Wohl
as Moniuszka (wife)
Wacław Ścibor-Rylski
as Sacchetti
Aleksander Gąssowski
as Jefimow
Henryk Modrzewski
as Sennewald
Zenon Burzyński
as Tunio
Ludwik Benoit
as Sculptor
Zdzisław Szymański
as Reporter
Mieczysław Pawlikowski
as Musician
Tadeusz Pluciński
as Painter
Ryszard Barycz
as Poet
Emil Karewicz
as Georg
Jan Zielinski
as stage manager
Bronisław Darski
as Porter (uncredited)
Jerzy Kaczmarek
as (uncredited)
Maria Kaniewska
as Moniuszko's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Krystyna Królikiewicz
Wiesława Kwaśniewska
Józef Nowak
as Student with Flowers (uncredited)
Janina Ordężanka
Lech Ordon
as Publisher (uncredited)
Bronisław Pawlik
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Czesław Piaskowski
Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz
Olga Sawicka
Teresa Szmigielówna
Kazimierz Szubert
Janusz Ściwiarski
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
as Reporter (uncredited)
Józef Starzyński
Sculptor
Walerian Bierdiajew
Conductor
Leon Wójcikowski
Choreographer
Jan Lewiński
Sound Assistant
Hieronim Klimczak
Wojciech Urbanowicz
Still Photographer
Zygmunt Szyndler
Production Manager
Tadeusz Karwański
Assistant Production Manager
Henryk Waśkowski
Unit Manager
Stanisław Różewicz
First Assistant Director
Rafał Kukulski
Assistant Director
Jerzy Szeski
Karol Chodura
Camera Operator
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Assistant Camera
Wladyslaw Nagy
Tadeusz Zając
Lighting Technician
Roman Mann
Production Design
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Józef Koprowicz
Sound
Halina Wójtówna
Co-Editor
Jerzy Pękalski
Jan Dobracki
Makeup Artist
Irena Kosecka
Assistant Makeup Artist
Zdzislaw Papierz
Stefan Adamek
Henryk Szlachet
Jan Rybkowski
Director
Writer
Jerzy Waldorff
Mira Zimińska
Idea
Kazimierz Sikorski
Music
Andrzej Ancuta
Director of Photography
Brunon Jankowski
Editor
