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