The Wedding
09/01/1973
2h



Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
Cast


Marek Walczewski
Host


Izabela Olszewska
Hostess


Ewa Ziętek
Bride


Daniel Olbrychski
Bridegroom


Emilia Krakowska
Marysia


Mieczysław Stoor
Wojtek


Kazimierz Opaliński
Father


Henryk Borowski
Old Man


Marek Perepeczko
Jasiek


Janusz Bukowski
Kasper


Andrzej Łapicki
Poet


Wojciech Pszoniak
Journalist / Stanczyk


Andrzej Szczepkowski
Nose


Mieczysław Czechowicz
Priest


Barbara Wrzesińska
Maryna


Gabriela Kownacka
Zosia


Małgorzata Lorentowicz
Mrs. Councillor
Maria Konwicka
Haneczka


Franciszek Pieczka
Czepiec


Hanna Skarżanka
Klimina


Bożena Dykiel
Kasia


Leszek Piskorz
Staszek
Anna Góralska
Isia


Mieczysław Voit
Jew


Maja Komorowska
Rachela


Czesław Niemen
Chochoł (voice)


Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Ghost


Czesław Wołłejko
Hetman


Wirgiliusz Gryń
Szela


Artur Młodnicki
Wernyhora


Wiktor Grotowicz
Apparition (uncredited)
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