Summary
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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Cast
Krystyna Janda
Agnieszka
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Jerzy Burski
Michał Tarkowski
Witek
Piotr Cieślak
Michalak
Wiesław Wójcik
Jodła
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Hanka Tomczyk
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Editor
Bogusław Sobczuk
TV Editor
Jacek Domański
Sound Man
Zdzisław Kozień
Agnieszka's Father
Irena Laskowska
Museum Worker
Wiesław Drzewicz
Hanka's Husband
Kazimierz Kaczor
UB Colonel
Ewa Ziętek
Colonel's Secretary
Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta
Blonde
Andrzej Grąziewicz
Judge
Edmund Karwański
Prosecutor
Henryk Łapiński
Marcin Pawlusiak
Irena Oberska
Zakopane Houseekeper
Zbigniew Płoszaj
Chronicle Sound Man
Juliusz Roland
Mieczysław Hertz
Maciej Rayzacher
ZMP Meeting Chairman
Grzegorz Skurski
Agnieszka's Driver
Dorota Stalińska
Photojournalist in Okęcie
Krystyna Wolańska
Marysia's Guardian
Andrzej Wykrętowicz
Jan Wołodkiewicz
Stanisław Frąckowiak
Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)
Witold Holtz
Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)
Krzysztof Kiersznowski
Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)
Jarosław Kopaczewski
Worker (uncredited)
Stanisław Michalik
Judge (uncredited)
Mieczysław Grąbka
Chronicle Narrator (voice)
Andrzej Seweryn
Record Beating Announcer (voice)