
Spóźnieni przechodnie
Five short stories. (1) “Czas przybliża, czas oddala” – Edward recalls his unfulfilled love for Anna and, years later, writes to her sister Zofia, mistaking her for Anna. (2) “Krąg istnienia” – A girl falls for Wacek at an ice rink; pressured by family, she marries a soap manufacturer. (3) “Paryż 1945” – A Polish refugee soldier and an American woman share a fleeting wartime bond before she leaves at dawn. (4) “Stary profesor” – Two men seek an old professor to fulfill a dying prisoner’s last wish; Roger impersonates a former pupil. (5) “Nauczycielka” – Neglected wife Zofia accepts film tests, only to find the director seeks an ordinary woman.
Director Adam Hanuszkiewicz, Jerzy Antczak, Gustaw Holoubek, Andrzej Łapicki
Cast

Andrzej Łapicki
Himself (segment 5)

Mieczysław Jahoda
Himself (segment 5) (uncredited)

Beata Tyszkiewicz
Ala (segment 2) / Herself (segment 5) (uncredited)

Ignacy Machowski
Francois (segment 4)

Józef Nalberczak
Bar Patron (segment 4) (uncredited)

Aleksander Bardini
Headmaster (segment 5)

Gustaw Holoubek
Edward (segment 1) / Himself (segment 5) (uncredited)

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
Erwin (segment 2) (uncredited)

Zofia Kucówna
Zosia (segment 4) / Herself (segment 5) (uncredited)

Kazimierz Opaliński
Professor Waszkowski (segment 4)

Jan Rybkowski
Himself (segment 5) (uncredited)

Maria Wachowiak
Zofia (segment 1)

Wieńczysław Gliński
Karol (segment 1)

Maria Homerska
Karolina (segment 2)

Aleksander Dzwonkowski
Wacek's Father (segment 2) (uncredited)

Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Bar Patron (segment 4) (uncredited)

Zbigniew Cybulski
Himself (segment 5)

Jerzy Antczak
PE Teacher (segment 5) (uncredited)

Kalina Jędrusik
Anna (segment 1) / Herself (segment 5) (uncredited)

Jerzy Jogałła
Boy at a Slide (segment 2)

Lidia Korsakówna
Sally (segment 3) / Herself (segment 5) (uncredited)

Adam Hanuszkiewicz
Paweł (segment 3) / Himself (segment 5) (uncredited)

Krzysztof Chamiec
Piotr (segment 5)

Bogumił Kobiela
Wacek (segment 2)

Wanda Łuczycka
Wacek's Mother (segment 2) (uncredited)

Michał Pawlicki
Roger (segment 4)

Kazimierz Stankiewicz
Bar Patron (segment 4) (uncredited)

Irena Netto
Marynia (segment 2)

Teresa Lipowska
Woman on a Bike (segment 4) (uncredited)

Alina Janowska
Zofia Kwiecińska (segment 5)

Stanisław Brejdygant
Man in a Cafe (segment 5) (uncredited)