
The black‑and‑white documentary dramatizes the 1956 Poznań uprising through the eyes of two boys, ten and twelve, recalling the director’s own memories as a nine‑year‑old. Using a reportage style, it follows street riots, the accidental leadership of young worker Zenek, and the unexpected involvement of five professors, capturing the spontaneous turmoil of the era.
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Agata Kulesza
Zośka, nauczycielka bohaterów

Daniel Olbrychski
profesor w wagonie

Olaf Lubaszenko
czołgista

Władysław Kowalski
profesor w wagonie

Waldemar Obłoza

Robert Więckiewicz
robotnik

Jan Nowicki
profesor w wagonie

Mieczysław Hryniewicz
człowiek z walizką

Elżbieta Jarosik
kobieta z UB

Michał Żebrowski
Zenek

Lech Łotocki

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
profesor w wagonie

Antonina Choroszy
matka Piotrka (w napisach błędna pisownia nazwiska: Horoszy)

Grzegorz Mostowicz-Gerszt

Wojciech Chorąży

Janusz Gajos
profesor w wagonie

Jan Heba
milicjant

Zdzisław Wardejn
redaktor w poznańskiej rozgłośni Polskiego Radia

Grzegorz Wons
ojciec Darka

Krzysztof Banaszyk
strażnik więzienny

Maciej Kozłowski
UB-ek

Arkadiusz Walkowiak
Darek

Czesław Nogacki

Dorota Sadowska
brunetka, pielęgniarka w szpitalu

Agnieszka Różańska
blondynka, pielęgniarka w szpitalu

Tadeusz Szymków
Stachu Kaczmarek, ojciec Piotrka

Bronisław Pawlik
dziadek Piotrka

Ildefons Stachowiak
UB-ek

Bogusław Sochnacki
głos Darka (narratora-głównego bohatera) zza kadru

Sława Kwaśniewska
ciotka Piotrka

Grażyna Korin
matka Darka

Arnold Pujsza

Wojciech Standełło

Zbigniew Grochal

Mateusz Hornung
Piotrek

Henryk Abbe
starszy robotnik

Paweł Binkowski
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