The Nest
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.
Director Jan Rybkowski
Cast
Wanda Neumann
Dobrawa
Aleksander Gąssowski
The Resigning Council of Elders Member
Feliks Żukowski
Archbishop
Tadeusz Jastrzębowski
Franciszek Pieczka
Mrokota
Marek Dowmunt
Czesław Wołłejko
Emperor Otto I 'The Great'
Andrzej Szalawski
Odolan, Mieszko's Uncle
Edmund Fetting
Krystian, Dobrawa's brother
August Kowalczyk
Czech Aristocrat
Czesław Piaskowski
Stefan Szmidt
Mieszko's knight
Józef Grzeszczak
Rider (uncredited)
Jan Piechociński
Mieszko's Soldier / Czech Prince (uncredited)
Aleksander Fogiel
Man at Baptism
Lech Grzmociński
Bronisz
Jerzy Obłamski
Ryszard Ronczewski
Arabian Salesman
Marek Bargiełowski
Czcibór, Mieszko's brother
Tadeusz Białoszczyński
Markgraf Geron
Lech Skolimowski
Edward Lach
Bernard Michalski
Mieszko's Soldier
Aleksander Sewruk
(uncredited)
Bolesław Płotnicki
Ziemiomysł, Mieszko's father
Henryk Bąk
Boleslaw I Okrutny, Dubrawa's father
Janusz Bylczyński
Markgraf Hodon
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Żegota
Krzysztof Kowalewski
Bolesław, Son of Bolesław I Okrutny
Jerzy Braszka
Czcibór's Soldier
Teodor Gendera
Soldier
Lech Ordon
Radost
Leonard Pietraszak
Zygfryd
Wojciech Pszoniak
Mieszko I
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Dźwigor