A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
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Krystyna Janda as Agnieszka
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz as Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
Tadeusz Łomnicki as Jerzy Burski
Jacek Lomnicki as Jerzy Burski (young)
Michał Tarkowski as Witek
Piotr Cieślak as Michalak
Wiesław Wójcik as Jodła
Krystyna Zachwatowicz as Hanka Tomczyk
Magda Teresa Wójcik as Editor
Bogusław Sobczuk as TV Editor
Leonard Zajączkowski as Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP
Jacek Domański as Sound Man
Zdzisław Kozień as Agnieszka's Father
Irena Laskowska as Museum Worker
Wiesław Drzewicz as Hanka's Husband
Kazimierz Kaczor as UB Colonel
Ewa Ziętek as Colonel's Secretary
Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta as Blonde
Andrzej Grąziewicz as Judge
Edmund Karwański as Prosecutor
Stefania Kornacka as
Henryk Łapiński as Marcin Pawlusiak
Jerzy Moniak as Engineer Moniak
Irena Oberska as Zakopane Houseekeper
Zbigniew Płoszaj as Chronicle Sound Man
Juliusz Roland as Mieczysław Hertz
Maciej Rayzacher as ZMP Meeting Chairman
Grzegorz Skurski as Agnieszka's Driver
Dorota Stalińska as Photojournalist in Okęcie
Zdzisław Szymborski as Boardroom Member
Mariusz Świgoń as Construction Technician
Krystyna Wolańska as Marysia's Guardian
Andrzej Wykrętowicz as Jan Wołodkiewicz
Feliks Falk as Film Director (uncredited)
Stanisław Frąckowiak as Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)
Witold Holtz as Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)
Krzysztof Kiersznowski as Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)
Jarosław Kopaczewski as Worker (uncredited)
Ilona Łepkowska as Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited)
Stanisław Michalik as Judge (uncredited)
Mieczysław Grąbka as Chronicle Narrator (voice)
Andrzej Seweryn as Record Beating Announcer (voice)
Agnieszka Holland as Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)