In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.
Daniel Olbrychski
Karol Borowiecki
Wojciech Pszoniak
Moryc Welt
Andrzej Seweryn
Maks Baum
Kalina Jędrusik
Lucy Zuckerowa
Anna Nehrebecka
Anka
Bożena Dykiel
Mada Müller
Andrzej Szalawski
Herman Bucholz
Stanisław Igar
Grünspan
Franciszek Pieczka
Müller
Kazimierz Opaliński
Maks' Father
Andrzej Łapicki
Trawiński
Wojciech Siemion
Wilczek
Tadeusz Białoszczyński
Karol's Father
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Kessler
Jerzy Nowak
Zucker
Piotr Fronczewski
Horn
Jerzy Zelnik
Stein
Maciej Góraj
Adam Malinowski
Grażyna Michalska
Zośka Malinowska
Włodzimierz Boruński
Halpern
Danuta Wodyńska
Müllerowa
Marian Glinka
Wilhelm Müller
Jadwiga Andrzejewska
Bucholzowa
Aleksander Dzwonkowski
Priest Szymon
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Zajączkowski
Zdzisław Kuźniar
Kaczmarek
Halina Gryglaszewska
Malinowska
Jerzy Obłamski
Malinowski
Marek Walczewski
Bum-Bum
Lidia Korsakówna
Widow
Emilia Krakowska
Gitla
Bernard Ładysz
Russian Merchant
Bogusław Sochnacki
Grosglück
Bohdana Majda
Grosglückowa
Kazimierz Kaczor
Kipman
Teodor Gendera
Endelman
Jerzy Przybylski
Bucholz's Doctor
Mieczysław Waśkowski
August, Bucholz's Servant
Jan Paweł Kruk
Mateusz, Borowiecki's Servant
Alicja Sobieraj
Anka's Maid
Krzysztof Majchrzak
Socha
Janina Grzegorczyk
Sochowa
Janina Tur-Kiryłow
Theatre Singer
Ryszard Bromowicz
Witold Dederko
Old Dyer
Tomasz Lengren
Kessler's Foreman
Jerzy Braszka
Engineer (uncredited)
Antoni Byszewski
Coachman (uncredited)
Mariola Kukuła
Maks' Lover (uncredited)
Jerzy Stasiuk
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Lena Wilczyńska
Edelmanowa (uncredited)
Zofia Wilczyńska
Grunspanowa (uncredited)
Andrzej Wohl
Clerk (uncredited)
Bolesław Płotnicki
Malinowski (voice) (uncredited)
Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay
Wojciech Kilar
Original Music Composer
Zofia Dwornik
Editor
Maciej Maria Putowski
Set Decoration
Leszek Wronko
Sound Designer
Krzysztof Wodziński
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Wacław Dybowski
Barbara Ptak
Costume Design
Director
Władysław Reymont
Novel
Jerzy Rogowski
Stunts
Witold Sobociński
Danuta Kowner-Hałatek
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Jerzy Klimkiewicz
Gaffer
Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Production Design
Halina Ber
Makeup Artist
Jadwiga Ignatczenko
Assistant Editor
Andrzej Haliński
Art Direction
Janusz Kaliciński
Camera Operator
Piotr Dudzinski
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Supervisor
Andrzej Kotkowski
First Assistant Director
Janina Krassowska
Assistant Director
Jerzy Wiaderkiewicz
Assistant Camera
Krystyna Grochowicz
Michał Ratyński
Jerzy Domaradzki
Jan Górski
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Assistant Set Decoration
Adam Kopczynski
