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In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.
Keywords
factory worker
adultery
capitalist
luxury
factory
friendship
man vs machine
fire
husband wife relationship
cheating
capitalism
lodz
bankrupt
fire brigade
profit
pole
textile industry
period of promoterism
inhumanity
teacher
revenge
arsonist
humanity
Casts
Daniel Olbrychski
Karol Borowiecki
Wojciech Pszoniak
Moryc Welt
Andrzej Seweryn
Maks Baum
Kalina Jędrusik
Lucy Zuckerowa
Anna Nehrebecka
Anka
Bożena Dykiel
Mada Müller
Andrzej Szalawski
Herman Bucholz
Stanisław Igar
Grünspan
Franciszek Pieczka
Müller
Kazimierz Opaliński
Maks' Father
Andrzej Łapicki
Trawiński
Wojciech Siemion
Wilczek
Tadeusz Białoszczyński
Karol's Father
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Kessler
Jerzy Nowak
Zucker
Piotr Fronczewski
Horn
Jerzy Zelnik
Stein
Maciej Góraj
Adam Malinowski
Grażyna Michalska
Zośka Malinowska
Włodzimierz Boruński
Halpern
Danuta Wodyńska
Müllerowa
Marian Glinka
Wilhelm Müller
Jadwiga Andrzejewska
Bucholzowa
Aleksander Dzwonkowski
Priest Szymon
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Zajączkowski
Zdzisław Kuźniar
Kaczmarek
Halina Gryglaszewska
Malinowska
Jerzy Obłamski
Malinowski
Marek Walczewski
Bum-Bum
Lidia Korsakówna
Widow
Emilia Krakowska
Gitla
Bernard Ładysz
Russian Merchant
Bogusław Sochnacki
Grosglück
Bohdana Majda
Grosglückowa
Kazimierz Kaczor
Kipman
Teodor Gendera
Endelman
Jerzy Przybylski
Bucholz's Doctor
Mieczysław Waśkowski
August, Bucholz's Servant
Jan Paweł Kruk
Mateusz, Borowiecki's Servant
Alicja Sobieraj
Anka's Maid
Krzysztof Majchrzak
Socha
Janina Grzegorczyk
Sochowa
Janina Tur-Kiryłow
Theatre Singer
Ryszard Bromowicz
Theatre Singer
Witold Dederko
Old Dyer
Tomasz Lengren
Kessler's Foreman
Jerzy Braszka
Engineer (uncredited)
Antoni Byszewski
Coachman (uncredited)
Mariola Fotez
Maks' Lover (uncredited)
Jerzy Stasiuk
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Lena Wilczyńska
Edelmanowa (uncredited)
Zofia Wilczyńska
Grunspanowa (uncredited)
Andrzej Wohl
Clerk (uncredited)
Bolesław Płotnicki
Malinowski (voice) (uncredited)
Crews
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Władysław Reymont
Novel
Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay
Wojciech Kilar
Original Music Composer
Wacław Dybowski
Director of Photography
Witold Sobociński
Director of Photography
Zofia Dwornik
Editor
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Maciej Maria Putowski
Set Decoration
Danuta Kowner-Hałatek
Costume Design
Barbara Ptak
Costume Design
Krzysztof Wodziński
Sound Designer
Leszek Wronko
Sound Designer
Jerzy Rogowski
Stunts
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Production Design
Andrzej Haliński
Art Direction
Jadwiga Ignatczenko
Assistant Editor
Janusz Kaliciński
Camera Operator
Jerzy Klimkiewicz
Gaffer
Halina Ber
Makeup Artist
Andrzej Kotkowski
First Assistant Director
Jerzy Domaradzki
First Assistant Director
Krystyna Grochowicz
Assistant Director
Jerzy Obłamski
Assistant Director
Michał Ratyński
Assistant Director
Jan Górski
Assistant Camera
Jerzy Wiaderkiewicz
Assistant Camera
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Assistant Set Decoration
Adam Kopczynski
Art Direction
Piotr Dudzinski
Art Direction
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Supervisor
Janina Krassowska
Production Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters
