Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
Edward Dziewoński
Dzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Józef Nowak
Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Barbara Połomska
Zosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Ignacy Machowski
Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Leon Niemczyk
Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz Opaliński
Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zofia Czerwińska
Lula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy Felczyński
Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Hubczenko
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Eleonora Lorentz
Old Woman (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Bogdan Baer
Hungarian officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca"
