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
August Kowalczyk
Piotr
Barbara Ludwiżanka
Jagustynka
Natalia Szymańska
Agata (uncredited)
Halina Buyno-Łoza
Village Woman (uncredited)
Emilia Krakowska
Jagna
Tadeusz Janczar
Mateusz
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Kłąb
Jerzy Święch
Jaś
Irena Karel
Teresa (uncredited)
Kazimierz Talarczyk
Village Man (uncredited)
Igor Śmiałowski
Heir
Barbara Wałkówna
Magda (uncredited)
Marian Wojtczak
(uncredited)
Mieczysław Czechowicz
Szymek (uncredited)
Franciszek Pieczka
Priest
Zofia Merle
Magda Kozłowa
Maciej Damięcki
Caroler
Jan Paweł Kruk
Village Man (uncredited)
Michał Szwejlich
Grain Seller (uncredited)
Lech Ordon
Organist
Bolesław Płotnicki
Jambroży
Wiktor Sadecki
Jankiel
Stanisław Milski
Bylica
Bogusław Sochnacki
Borowy
Barbara Burska
Nastka Gołębianka (uncredited)
Józef Nowak
Roch (uncredited)
Aleksander Fogiel
Balcerek
Halina Kossobudzka
Organist
Witold Dederko
(uncredited)
Wirgiliusz Gryń
Village Man (uncredited)
Irena Malkiewicz
(uncredited)
Seweryn Dalecki
Grain Seller (uncredited)
Leonard Andrzejewski
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Ignacy Gogolewski
Antek Boryna
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Miller
Tadeusz Fijewski
Kuba Socha
Jerzy Kozłowski
(uncredited)
Stefan Szmidt
Jacek (uncredited)
Krystyna Królówna
Hanka Borynowa
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Dominikowa
Wanda Łuczycka
Kłębowa
Kazimierz Dębicki
Best Man at a Wedding (uncredited)
Jerzy Rogalski
Jagna's Brother (uncredited)
Barbara Rachwalska
Płoszkowa (uncredited)
Władysław Hańcza
Maciej Boryna
Bronisław Pawlik
Michał