The 22-year-old young man promises to be a great poet, but he also has a warm heart. He spends his summer time at a friend's mansion. The beautiful Maryla appears there. Young Adam's heart beats harder and harder, but his closest friend Thomas Zan is there, who also looks at Maryla. There is a confrontation between the two men, from which Adam emerges victorious. Tomasz leaves, leaving the field to his friend to find his life, happiness in Maryla....
Nikodem Rozbicki
as Adam Mickiewicz
Aleksandra Piotrowska
as Maryla Wereszczakówna
Paweł Charyton
as Count Wawrzyniec Puttkamer
Antoni Sałaj
as Tomasz Zan
Adrian Zaremba
as Michał Wereszczaka
Dorota Landowska
as Franciszka Wereszczakowa
Andrzej Mastalerz
as Stanisław 'Gąska' Gąsecki
Monika Mikołajczak
as Wandzia
Katarzyna Chojnacka
as Emilia
Łukasz Garlicki
as 'Saper'
Piotr Garlicki
as Monk
Marcin Przybylski
as Innkeeper Dawid
