November Night

Overview

Television play adaptation of Wajda's stage play of Stanisław Wyspiański's November Night. The drama takes place on two levels - historical and metaphorical. The first one is almost a chronicle of several hours of the uprising - it shows the drama of the attitudes of Poles at the beginning of the armed struggle, in confrontation with the attitude of Grand Duke Constantine, the Tsar's deputy in Poland. The second one presents the world of gods playing out their arguments. Man becomes a plaything in their hands, but it is he who experiences his fear, heroism and hope.

Cast

Jan Nowicki

Grand Duke / Ares

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Joanna

Jerzy Stuhr

Wysocki

Stefan Szramel

Gendre

Stanisław Gronkowski

Kuruta

Bolesław Smela

Makrot

Adam Romanowski

Officer

Aleksander Fabisiak

Ensign

Maciej Szary

Groszczyński

Leszek Piskorz

Nabielak