The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second sequence the war starts and Warsaw is occupied. In the third sequence he works in the underground resistance. The final sequence takes place during the Warsaw uprising.
Jerzy Bielecki
Stanisław Bielecki
Teresa
Jadźka
Jerzy's Grandmother
Karczewski
Ziemowit
Walczak
Gustaw
Colonel
Tax Office Clerk
Antoni Jakubowicz
Man Outside the Moonshine Stall
Wacław
Lieutenant
Man Outside the Moonshine Stall
Krzysztof
Moonshine Stall Owner
Priest
Przybysława
"Wolski"
Ziemowita
Major
Jerzy's Friend
Tram Driver
Officer in the Restaurant
Uhlmann
Man Outside the Moonshine Stall
Tram Passenger
Insurgent (uncredited)
Insurgent (uncredited)
Insurgent (uncredited)
Insurgent (uncredited)