Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.
Magda Teresa Wójcik
as Lucja Król
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
as Wiktor Lewen
Franciszek Pieczka
as Cyga
Bogusław Linda
as Klemens Król
Adam Ferency
as Zenon Król
Michał Juszczakiewicz
as Stas Król
Krzysztof Zaleski
as Roman Król
Joanna Szczepkowska
as Marta Stecka / Stecka-Król
Henryk Bista
as Grzegorz Wiechra
Zbigniew Bielski
as Kogut
Tadeusz Huk
as Renard
Jerzy Trela
as Hiszpan
