CAST:
Serge Merlin (Jakub Gold),
Alina Janowska (Lucyna),
Elzbieta Kepinska (Kazia),
Jan Ciecierski (Józef Malina),
Irena Netto (Jakubova majka)

SCRIPT:
Andrzej Wajda,
Kazimierz Brandys (prema vlastitom romanu)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jerzy Wójcik

Synopsis:
The story takes place in Warsaw during WW II. The hero is Jakub Gold, a Jew, sentenced to ten years in jail for manslaughter by negligence. During the bombardment of the city the inmates are released from prison and Jakub is sent to the Ghetto. There he collects dead bodies off the streets so that they can be buried in accordance with Jewish tradition. After one such ceremony, Jakub escapes from the Ghetto.

35 mm, b/w, 117 min