The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.

Bronisław Pawlik
as Gabriel Tomicki

Barbara Krafftówna
as Florentyna

Ryszarda Hanin
as Helena

Igor Śmiałowski
as Stanisław Dog-Leśniewski

Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Commandant

Aleksander Fogiel
as Taborek

Zdzisław Karczewski
as General

Emil Karewicz
as Colonel Suchecki

Wacław Kowalski
as Hawrot

Irena Laskowska
as Attorney's Wife