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.
Daniel Olbrychski
as Karol Borowiecki
Wojciech Pszoniak
as Moryc Welt
Andrzej Seweryn
as Maks Baum
Kalina Jędrusik
as Lucy Zuckerowa
Anna Nehrebecka
as Anka
Bożena Dykiel
as Mada Müller
Andrzej Szalawski
as Herman Bucholz
Stanisław Igar
as Grünspan
Franciszek Pieczka
as Müller
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Maks' Father
Andrzej Łapicki
as Trawiński
Wojciech Siemion
as Wilczek