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.

Directed by Andrzej Wajda

Top cast

Jan Nowicki

Grand Duke / Ares

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Joanna

Jerzy Stuhr

Wysocki

Stefan Szramel

Gendre

Stanisław Gronkowski

Kuruta

Bolesław Smela

Makrot

A

Adam Romanowski

Officer

Aleksander Fabisiak

Ensign

Maciej Szary

Groszczyński

Leszek Piskorz

Nabielak

Marek Litewka

Student

Tadeusz Bradecki

Student

Tadeusz Jurasz

Frieze

Z

Zofia Niwińska

Theatre Director

Jerzy Fedorowicz

Faust

Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel

Małgorzata

Mieczysław Grąbka

Kudlicz

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

Chłopicki

Marcin Sosnowski

Dąbrowski

Roman Stankiewicz

Lelewel

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