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.

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