A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Ewa lives on her own, occasionally visiting a famous old actress to talk about theatre, taking care of a poor neighbor, and fights her sophisticated mother rejecting the truth about her beloved father, who died an alcoholic.
Hanna Mikuć
as Ewa
Maria Czubasiewicz
as Grabowska
Barbara Dziekan
as Jadwiga
Krzysztof Gosztyła
as N.
Mieczysław Grąbka
as Rysio
Marek Kondrat
as Lewicki
Wiesława Mazurkiewicz
as mother of Ewa
Henryk Machalica
as Jan Ziembiński
Magdalena Wołłejko
as Magda
Jan Kociniak
as caretaker
Tomasz Lengren
as director
Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe
as Zielińska
