"Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine."
Marian Kociniak
as Kazio
Andrzej Zaorski
as Staszek
Bogusław Sochnacki
as Rysiek
Ryszard Pietruski
as Bernard Kalus
Tadeusz Kalinowski
as Wala
Anna Ciepielewska
as Maryjka
Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska
as Alka
Helena Dąbrowska
as Helga
Maria Kaniewska
as Gerda Buchtowa
Genowefa Korska
as
Jolanta Umecka
as Edyta Buchta
Jerzy Nowak
as Alfred Buchta
Witold Pyrkosz
as Alojz
Andrzej Jurczak
as Wala's Son
Janusz Kłosiński
as Tomala
Bogdan Baer
as Medic
Tadeusz Schmidt
as German Officer
Michał Szewczyk
as Francik
Eugeniusz Kamiński
as Gestapo Officer
Jerzy Bielecki
Bernard Dec
Stanisław Brudny
as Resistance Fighter
Antoni Jurasz
as Officer
Bernard Krawczyk
Stanisław Moszuk
as Miner
Kazimierz Sus
Jerzy Binczycki
as Miner (uncredited)
Krystyna Starostecka
Assistant Editor
Aleksander Baumgardten
Screenplay
Eugenia Jaśkiewicz
Assistant Director
Stefan Marczyk
Conductor
Zofia Dwornik
Editor
Paweł Komorowski
Director
Zygmunt Nowak
Sound Assistant
Teodor Grymaszewski
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jakub Goldberg
First Assistant Director
Jan Hesse
Assistant Camera
Jerzy Szczecinski
Maciej Kijowski
Camera Operator
Roman Załuski
Czesław Grabowski
Aleksander Lewandowski
Józef Letkier
Marian Wejman
Assistant Production Design
Konstanty Tarnowski
Assistant Production Manager
Wojciech Kilar
Music
Kazimierz Gaszewski
Production Manager
Tadeusz Szarski
Jarosław Świtoniak
Barbara Ptak
Costume Design
M. Weber
Costume Assistant
Mikołaj Kompan-Altman
Sound
Novel
Krzysztof Winiewicz
Director of Photography
Magda Leja
Dialogue
Albina Barańska
Jan Grandys
Production Design
Halina Sieńska
Makeup Artist
Sławomir Lis
Włodzimierz Wiśniewski