| Franciszek Pieczka | ... | Stefan Bednarz | |
| Mariusz Dmochowski | ... | Vorsitzender | |
| Jerzy Stuhr | ... | Bednarz's assistant | |
| Jan Skotnicki | |||
| Stanislaw Igar | ... | Minister | |
| Stanislaw Michalski | |||
| Michal Tarkowski | ... | TV editor | |
| Andrzej Skupien | |||
| Halina Winiarska | ... | Bednarz's Wife | |
| Joanna Orzeszkowska | ... | Eva - Bednarz's Daughter | |
| Jadwiga Bryniarska | (as J. Bryniarska) | ||
| Agnieszka Holland | ... | Secretary (as A. Holland) | |
| Malgorzata Lesniewska | (as M. Lesniewska) | ||
| Asja Lamtiugina | (as A. Lamtiugina) | ||
| Ryszard Bacciarelli | (as R. Bacciarelli) | ||
| F. Barfuss | |||
| Bohdan Ejmont | (as B. Ejmont) | ||
| Henryk Hunko | (as H. Hunko) | ||
| Jan Jeruzal | (as J. Jeruzal) | ||
| Zbigniew Lesien | (as Z. Lesieñ) | ||
| Konrad Morawski | (as K. Morawski) | ||
| Jerzy Prazmowski | (as J. Prazmowski) | ||
| Jan Stawarz | (as J. Stawarz) | ||
| Wojciech Stockinger | (as W. Stockinger) | ||
| Kazimierz Sulkowski | (as K. Sulkowski) | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Halina Rasiakówna | ... | Girl (uncredited) | |
| Tomasz Zygadlo | ... | (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Krzysztof Kieslowski | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Romuald Karas | dialogue (as R. Karas) | |
| Romuald Karas | scenario | |
| Krzysztof Kieslowski | dialogue (as K. Kieslowski) | |
| Krzysztof Kieslowski | scenario | |
Original Music by | |||
| Stanislaw Radwan | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Slawomir Idziak | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Krystyna Górnicka | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Andrzej Plocki | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Ewa Kowalska | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Izabella Konarzewska | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Zbigniew Dobracki | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Ryszard Rall | .... | assistant production manager (as R. Rall) | |
| Zbigniew Stanek | .... | production manager | |
| Janusz Szela | .... | second production manager | |
| Krzysztof Szopa | .... | assistant production manager (as K. Szopa) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Agata Miklaszewska | .... | assistant director (as A. Miklaszewska) | |
| Marek Piestrak | .... | assistant director | |
| Miroslawa Sada | .... | assistant director (as M. Sada) | |
| Krzysztof Wierzbicki | .... | assistant director (as K. Wierzbicki) | |
Art Department | |||
| Marta Wozniakowska | .... | assistant production designer | |
Sound Department | |||
| Henryk Szurkowski | .... | sound assistant (as H. Szurkowski) | |
| Michal Zarnecki | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Czeslaw Cyran | .... | assistant camera (as C. Cyran) | |
| K. Daniluk | .... | assistant camera | |
| Stefan Kurzyp | .... | assistant camera (as S. Kurzyp) | |
| Witold Stok | .... | camera operator | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Eugeniusz Dmitroca | .... | assistant editor (as E. Dmitroca) | |
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I only got the idea of this movie on the second time I saw it. It is actually like a documentary of a fictious character (or who knows he didn't exist) living in a socialist Poland who is being commissioned to conduct a new chemical factory. The movie shows quite realistic portrait of a man who tries to keep his values in order in the middle of all corruption and chaos of different social movements of the time. The movie doesn't go into any character's side actually, but tries to display the difficulties of the system and how an individual is powerless in many ways.
The storytelling is very slow and at times a bit jumpy. The music scenes of the movie, that are very rare, are quite bizarre, almost eerie.
I cannot recommend the movie to anyone who tend to fall asleep in slow dramas, but those who like other Kieslowsky films or documentaries of socialism, this is an interesting flick.