"Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka"."
Jan Koecher
as Stanisław Moniuszko
Jerzy Duszyński
as Włodzimierz Wolski
Barbara Kostrzewska
as Paulina Rivoli
Nina Andrycz
as Maria Kalergis
Danuta Szaflarska
as Countess Krystyna
Janusz Warnecki
as Professor
Jan Kurnakowicz
as Prof. Jan Quatrini
Stanisław Żeleński
as Józef Sikorski, music critic
Gustaw Buszyński
as Theater Director Ignacy Abramowicz
Zdzisław Mrożewski
as Count Alfred (as Z. Morzewski)
Tadeusz Cygler
as Julian Dobrski
Wacław Domieniecki
as Italian Tenor
Józef Karbowski
as Secretary
Jan Ciecierski
as Bishop
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Theater Records-keeper
Ludwik Sempoliński
as Klimowicz
Krystyna Karkowska
as Magdalenka
Halina Billing-Wohl
as Moniuszka (wife)
Wacław Ścibor-Rylski
as Sacchetti
Aleksander Gąssowski
as Jefimow
Henryk Modrzewski
as Sennewald
Zenon Burzyński
as Tunio
Ludwik Benoit
as Sculptor
Zdzisław Szymański
as Reporter
Mieczysław Pawlikowski
as Musician
Tadeusz Pluciński
as Painter
Ryszard Barycz
as Poet
Emil Karewicz
as Georg
Jan Zielinski
as stage manager
Bronisław Darski
as Porter (uncredited)
Jerzy Kaczmarek
as (uncredited)
Maria Kaniewska
as Moniuszko's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Krystyna Królikiewicz
Wiesława Kwaśniewska
Józef Nowak
as Student with Flowers (uncredited)
Janina Ordężanka
Lech Ordon
as Publisher (uncredited)
Bronisław Pawlik
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Czesław Piaskowski
Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz
Olga Sawicka
Teresa Szmigielówna
Kazimierz Szubert
Janusz Ściwiarski
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
as Reporter (uncredited)
Jan Lewiński
Sound Assistant
Walerian Bierdiajew
Conductor
Leon Wójcikowski
Choreographer
Tadeusz Karwański
Assistant Production Manager
Józef Starzyński
Sculptor
Wojciech Urbanowicz
Still Photographer
Henryk Waśkowski
Unit Manager
Hieronim Klimczak
Zygmunt Szyndler
Production Manager
Stanisław Różewicz
First Assistant Director
Rafał Kukulski
Assistant Director
Stefan Adamek
Henryk Szlachet
Wladyslaw Nagy
Assistant Camera
Tadeusz Zając
Lighting Technician
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Jerzy Szeski
Costume Design
Jan Dobracki
Makeup Artist
Irena Kosecka
Assistant Makeup Artist
Karol Chodura
Camera Operator
Józef Koprowicz
Sound
Jerzy Pękalski
Co-Editor
Zdzislaw Papierz
Roman Mann
Production Design
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Set Decoration
Halina Wójtówna
Mira Zimińska
Idea
Jerzy Waldorff
Writer
Kazimierz Sikorski
Music
Jan Rybkowski
Director
Andrzej Ancuta
Director of Photography
Brunon Jankowski
Editor
