Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbour. The hero will not accept the new situation; he throws his son and Zosia out of his house. Celinka is distressed but she still harbours hope for Joziuk. The birth of the child changes the situation: Rumsza accepts his son's relationship but Celinka decides to leave.
Mieczysław Jahoda
Director of Photography
Stanisław Lenartowicz
Director
Tadeusz Konwicki
Writer
Włodzisław Ziembiński
Rumsza
Maria Kierzkowa
Rumszowa
Zygmunt Zintel
Krywka
Ligia Branice
Celinka
Bogusz Bilewski
Józek Rumsza
Maria Ciesielska
Zosia
Zbigniew Stokowski
Olek
Marian Nowak
Jackowski
Janina Niczewska
Natasza
Tamara Pasławska
Lola
Stanisław Bareja
Malinowski's Helper
Mieczysław Czosnowski
Townsman
