Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.

Mirosław Baka
as Jacek Łazar

Krzysztof Globisz
as Piotr Balicki

Jan Tesarz
as Waldemar Rekowski

Artur Barciś
as Worker

Krystyna Janda
as Dorota Geller

Olgierd Łukaszewicz
as Andrzej Geller

Maciej Szary
as Supervisor

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
as Commission Chairman

Zbigniew Borek
as Priest

Władysław Byrdy
as Executioner's Assistant