The Nest
Director Jan Rybkowski
Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.
Cast
Aleksander Fogiel
Man at Baptism
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Żegota
Tadeusz Białoszczyński
Markgraf Geron
Czesław Wołłejko
Emperor Otto I 'The Great'
Aleksander Gąssowski
The Resigning Council of Elders Member
August Kowalczyk
Czech Aristocrat
Lech Ordon
Radost
Jan Piechociński
Mieszko's Soldier / Czech Prince (uncredited)
Andrzej Szalawski
Odolan, Mieszko's Uncle
Leonard Pietraszak
Zygfryd
Ryszard Ronczewski
Arabian Salesman
Czesław Piaskowski
Henryk Bąk
Boleslaw I Okrutny, Dubrawa's father
Feliks Żukowski
Archbishop
Józef Grzeszczak
Rider (uncredited)
Janusz Bylczyński
Markgraf Hodon
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Dźwigor
Edward Lach
Wanda Neumann
Dobrawa
Franciszek Pieczka
Mrokota
Edmund Fetting
Krystian, Dobrawa's brother
Aleksander Sewruk
(uncredited)
Wojciech Pszoniak
Mieszko I
Bolesław Płotnicki
Ziemiomysł, Mieszko's father
Lech Grzmociński
Bronisz
Marek Dowmunt
Jerzy Braszka
Czcibór's Soldier
Teodor Gendera
Soldier
Bernard Michalski
Mieszko's Soldier
Marek Bargiełowski
Czcibór, Mieszko's brother
Krzysztof Kowalewski
Bolesław, Son of Bolesław I Okrutny
Jerzy Obłamski
Lech Skolimowski
Tadeusz Jastrzębowski
Stefan Szmidt
Mieszko's knight