"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
Jerzy Skrzepiński
Costume Design
Maria Karpowicz
Assistant Editor
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Unit Manager
Stanisław Wisłocki
Conductor
Jan Janczewski
Assistant Camera
Franciszek Busiak
Sound Assistant
T. Klimczak
Franciszek Trzaskowski
Construction Foreman
Tadeusz Zając
Lighting Technician
Maria Burdecka
Script Supervisor
Antoni Wójtowicz
Director of Photography
Production Design
Erik Whiten
Makeup Artist
Tadeusz Schossler
Zbigniew Ronert
Assistant Production Manager
Józef Bartczak
Sound
Jadwiga Swiętosławska
Maria Olejniczak
Translator
Tatiana Manżett
Costume Assistant
Zorika Zarzycka
Assistant Director
Tadeusz Marciniak
Music
Tomira Ancuta
Editor
Wilhelm Hollender
Production Manager
Stanisław Możdżeński
First Assistant Director
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Set Decoration
Erik Blomberg
Director
Mirjami Kuosmanen
Writer
Émile Zola
Short Story
