Nightmares

Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.

Drama

Piotr Łysak

(Mikołaj Srebrny)

Tomasz Hudziec

(Mikołaj Srebrny (Child))

Hanna Skarżanka

(Mikołaj's Grandmother)

Maria Chwalibóg

(Komendowa)

Teresa Marczewska

(Mother)

Bronisław Pawlik

(Michał Srebrny)

Janusz Michałowski

(Wacław Komenda)

Wiktor Sadecki

(Middle School Headmaster)

Stanisław Igar

(Ptaszycki)

Michał Pawlicki

(Catechist)

Jan Nowicki

(Chwostek)

Henryk Boukołowski

(Znamierowski)

Bogdan Koca

(Marecki)

Tomasz Koca

(Marecki (Child))

Piotr Probosz

(Stukło)

Adam Probosz

(Stukło (Child))

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

(Wysłocka)

Jan Prochyra

(Raciaty)

Halina Wyrodek

(Róża)

Barbara Bosak

Danuty Jamrozy

Ewa Kozłowska

Hanna Mikuć

(Balbina)

Jerzy Bożym

Aleksander Fabisiak

(Doctor)

Jerzy Kozakiewicz

(Guest in Poręba)

Krzysztof Stachowski

(Student accused of Snitching)

Leonard Szewczuk

Ferdynand Wójcik

(Priest)

Marek Probosz

(Student (uncredited))