Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.

Józef Nowakas Szczęsny
Stanisław Milskias Szczęsny's Father / Czerwiaczek
Zbigniew Skowrońskias Roman Korbal
Teresa Szmigielównaas Zocha
Halina Przybylskaas Weronka, Szczęsny's sister
Janina Szydłowskaas Communist
Wojciech Pilarskias Marusik
Zbigniew Józefowiczas Jan Gawlikowski
Stanisław Jasiukiewiczas Bolesław Gębiński