The story begins in March of 1968, the days of students protests. A hot- headed student protests the Dean's decision to expell a fellow student on fake accusation charges, upon which he drops out of university rather than make a compromise. He loses everything in the process: his girlfriend, housing privileges - he becomes a coal deliverer. On the job he witnesses an accident that causes death of a fellow worker. He decides to write a story, which is good and a publishing house wants to print it, but only after some corrections are made. He refuses again and the story is not printed. Finally, a story is commercialized and made into a succesful film and brings fame to the original author.
Janusz Kijowski
Director

Ewa Żukowska
Maria

Wiesława Mazurkiewicz
Matka Marii

Jan Machulski
Ojciec Andrzeja

Marian Opania
Redaktor naczelny

Jerzy Duszyński
Stryj Karol

Krzysztof Zaleski
Józef Moneta

Małgorzata Wiśniewska-Niemirska
Anna, żona stryja Karola

Tadeusz Bogucki
ojciec Monety

Włodzimierz Gołaszewski
student
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