Tragedy befalls Hanka, as her husband and father die fighting Austrian forces invading the Duchy of Warsaw in 1809.
Harriet Andersson
as Hanka
Ignacy Gogolewski
as Janek
Folke Sundquist
as Austrian officer
Kazimierz Fabisiak
as Hanka's father
Ryszard Barycz
as Polish officer
Krystyna Feldman
as Village woman (uncredited)
Mariusz Gorczyński
as Infantry corporal (uncredited)
Wiesława Kosmalska
as Wedding guest (uncredited)
Mirosława Marcheluk
as Wedding guest (uncredited)
Marian Nowak
as Mayor (uncredited)
Leonard Pietraszak
as Lancer (uncredited)
Zbigniew Płoszaj
as Soldier (uncredited)
