86 minutos
More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border with Prussia. Poland was partitioned at this time, and a rigidly patriotic Prussian teacher in Wrzesnia follows the dictates of the Germans in parliament and insists that the children be taught their religion classes in German. When the children refuse to take part in the classes, they are supported by the local priest, but that does not save them from being beaten. They are also kept after school and tormented in other ways as well. Newspapers, parents, and the nation as a whole get involved, transforming a simple children's strike into a national incident.
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Mayor Mossenbach
Daniel Olbrychski
Father Paczkowski
Jerzy Stuhr
Wagner
Zygmunt Bielawski
Pohl
Henryk Bista
Fedtke
Wiesław Drzewicz
Inspector Winter
Zdzisław Wardejn
Koralewski
Andrzej Wasilewicz
Gardo
Stanisław Igar
Głębocki
Mieczysław Voit
Count Kościelewski
Stanisław Michalski
Langner
Jerzy Trela
Winkler
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Smólkowski
Alfred Struwe
Karl Sturm
Gendarme
Hans-Joachim Recknitz
Gendarme
Paweł Wojtczak
Helena Kowalczykowa
Gadzińska
Małgorzata Załuska
Zbigniew Buczkowski
Achim
Janusz Michałowski
Photographer
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Michał Leśniak
Września citizen
Włodzimierz Musiał
Września citizen
Marian Pogasz
Wiesław Komasa
Zdzisław Szymborski
Elżbieta Borysiak
Bronka Olejniczak
Krzysztof Kozłowski
Antek Winkler
Grzegorz Dobrzycki
Kacper Smólkowski
Marek Adamowicz
Jarosław Górka
Andrzej Kurczewski
Roman Ławniczak
Marzena Frydryszak
Leszek Kubiak
Zbigniew Nowak
Jarosław Osztynowicz
Renata Różycka
Janusz Stachowski
Slawomir Walczyk
Grażyna Wojtczak
Gabriela Wojtkowiak
Waldemar Łukasik
Kazimierz Błaszczyński
(uncredited)
Czesław Magnowski
Wiesław Wójcik
(uncredited)