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
as Dzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Józef Nowak
as Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Barbara Połomska
as Zosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Ignacy Machowski
as Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Leon Niemczyk
as Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zofia Czerwińska
as Lula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy Felczyński
as Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Roman Hubczenko
as (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
as (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Eleonora Lorentz
as Old Woman (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Bogdan Baer
as Hungarian officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca"
