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.

• Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych w Łodzi
• Zespół Filmowy Kadr
• Władysław Hańcza
• Emilia Krakowska
• Krystyna Królówna
• Ignacy Gogolewski
• Bronisław Pawlik
• Jadwiga Chojnacka
• August Kowalczyk
• Franciszek Pieczka