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.

Mikołaj Srebrny
Mikołaj Srebrny (Child)
Mikołaj's Grandmother
Komendowa
Mother
Michał Srebrny
Wacław Komenda
Middle School Headmaster
Ptaszycki
Catechist
Chwostek
Znamierowski