A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
Krystyna Janda
as Agnieszka
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
as Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
Tadeusz Łomnicki
as Jerzy Burski
Jacek Lomnicki
as Jerzy Burski (young)
Michał Tarkowski
as Witek
Piotr Cieślak
as Michalak
Wiesław Wójcik
as Jodła
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
as Hanka Tomczyk
Magda Teresa Wójcik
as Editor
Bogusław Sobczuk
as TV Editor
Leonard Zajączkowski
as Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP
Jacek Domański
as Sound Man