Cast
Franciszek Pieczka Anna Milewska Wirgiliusz Gryn Aleksander Fogiel Hanna Skarzanka Malgorzata Braunek
Credits
Written by: 
Witold Leszczynski
Plot
A poor Polish peasant, Mateusz, lives under the burden of his hard life, in a spare, rural, black-and-white film about fate and endurance.
Sinekatalog’s take
A spare and austere rural classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (554 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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