Tragedy befalls Hanka, as her husband and father die fighting Austrian forces invading the Duchy of Warsaw in 1809.
Harriet Andersson
Hanka
Ignacy Gogolewski
Janek
Folke Sundquist
Austrian officer
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Hanka's father
Ryszard Barycz
Polish officer
Krystyna Feldman
Village woman (uncredited)
Mariusz Gorczyński
Infantry corporal (uncredited)
Wiesława Kosmalska
Wedding guest (uncredited)
Mirosława Marcheluk
Marian Nowak
Mayor (uncredited)
Leonard Pietraszak
Lancer (uncredited)
Zbigniew Płoszaj
Soldier (uncredited)
Nine Lives
Not Easily Broken
Blind
Racing with the Moon
Ali and Nino
The New World
Dear John
Private Peaceful
The History of Love
Little Rose