Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.
Gustaw Holoubek
as Wit Stwosz
Bogumił Kobiela
as Froncek
Bronisław Pawlik
as Gregorius
Andrzej Szczepkowski
as Bandit "Czarny Rafał"
Marek Kondrat
as Wawrzek
Bogdan Baer
as Ignac
Beata Barszczewska
as Małgosia
Hanna Bedryńska
as
Tadeusz Białoszczyński
as King Kazimierz IV
Mieczysław Czechowicz
as Kraków Gate Guard
Aleksander Fogiel
as Chief Guard in Myślenice
Maria Kierzkowa
as Host's Wife
