Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart.
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Stanisław Latałło as Franciszek Retman
Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska as Agnieszka
Małgorzata Pritulak as Małgorzata
Jan Skotnicki as Patient
Edward Żebrowski as Physician
Wlodzimierz Zonn as University Dean
Bogdan Mielnik as Bogdan Mielnik
Wladyslaw Turski as Władysław Turski
Wlodzimierz Zawadzki as Assistant
Lukasz Turski as Łukasz Turski
Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska as Franciszek's Mother
K. Ernst as
Irena Horecka as Patient's Mother
J. Illasiewicz as
J. Klamerus as
A. Korniejewska as
Martin Latallo as Franciszek's Son
A. Mikulski as
Andrzej Mellin as Worker
T. Miksztela as
W. Okrasa as
Jacek Petrycki as Man In Shelter
H. Stefańska as
Michał Tarkowski as Fascist
Ryszard Wachowski as Man With Axe
Włodzimierz Włodarski as
K. Wojciechowska as
Jerzy Wolen as
Joanna Żółkowska as Woman In Window
Agnieszka Holland as Commission Member (uncredited)