The Peasants
In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.
Cast
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Miller
Aleksander Fogiel
Balcerek
Maciej Damięcki
Caroler
Jerzy Święch
Jaś
Kazimierz Dębicki
Best Man at a Wedding (uncredited)
Seweryn Dalecki
Grain Seller (uncredited)
Natalia Szymańska
Agata (uncredited)
Lech Ordon
Organist
Witold Dederko
(uncredited)
Jerzy Rogalski
Jagna's Brother (uncredited)
Kazimierz Talarczyk
Village Man (uncredited)
Tadeusz Fijewski
Kuba Socha
Halina Kossobudzka
Organist
Igor Śmiałowski
Heir
Bolesław Płotnicki
Jambroży
August Kowalczyk
Piotr
Tadeusz Janczar
Mateusz
Barbara Burska
Nastka Gołębianka (uncredited)
Wiktor Sadecki
Jankiel
Stanisław Milski
Bylica
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Village Man (uncredited)
Mieczysław Czechowicz
Szymek (uncredited)
Leonard Andrzejewski
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Halina Buyno-Łoza
Village Woman (uncredited)
Zofia Merle
Magda Kozłowa
Franciszek Pieczka
Priest
Bogusław Sochnacki
Borowy
Jan Paweł Kruk
Village Man (uncredited)
Stefan Szmidt
Jacek (uncredited)
Barbara Wałkówna
Magda (uncredited)
Bronisław Pawlik
Michał
Jerzy Kozłowski
(uncredited)
Irena Malkiewicz
(uncredited)
Wanda Łuczycka
Kłębowa
Władysław Hańcza
Maciej Boryna
Emilia Krakowska
Jagna
Ignacy Gogolewski
Antek Boryna
Barbara Ludwiżanka
Jagustynka
Józef Nowak
Roch (uncredited)
Krystyna Królówna
Hanka Borynowa
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Dominikowa
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Kłąb
Irena Karel
Teresa (uncredited)
Marian Wojtczak
(uncredited)
Michał Szwejlich
Grain Seller (uncredited)
Barbara Rachwalska
Płoszkowa (uncredited)