"When a delivery of coffins foreshadows a harsh winter, residents of a retirement home escape their confines and rediscover the world outside."
Halina Buyno-Łoza
as Pelagia
Lena Wilczyńska
as Ksenia
Zofia Cegiełkowa
as Boarder
Barbara Chojecka
Eugenia Horecka
Jerzy Block
Jan Łopuszniak
as Jan
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
as "Ziemianin"
Witold Pyrkosz
as Nursing Home Manager
Zbigniew Buczkowski
as Tolek
Janusz Dąbrowski
as Militiaman
Edward Rączkowski
as Bradziaga
Maria Brożyńska
Feliks Siedlecki
as Caruso
Joanna Poraska
Zygmunt Zintel
as "Oświęcimiak"
Włodzimierz Stępiński
as Chairman
Józef Dobrodziej
as Peasant
Izabela Raczkowska
Józefa Konarzewska
as "Wołynianka"
Mieczysław Łoza
as "Ideowiec"
Henryka Janikowska
Franciszek Szydełko
as Leader of the pursuit group
Władysława Szewczyk
Anna Podobińska
as Counterwoman
Alfred Freudenheim
as President of a casket manufacturing company
Henryk Hunko
as Mill owner
Leon Weder
as Dorek
Eugeniusz Frątczak
Aleksander Kręźlewicz
as Archivist
Helena Różycka
Halina Klekner
as Dinner lady
Józef Łodyński
as Meeting participant (uncredited)
Jerzy Rogowski
as Militiaman (uncredited)
Borys Marynowski
Zofia Wilczyńska
as
Zygmunt Stępiński
Antoni Krauze
Director
Zbigniew Preisner
Music
Krzysztof Pakulski
Cinematography