Top Cast
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Harriet Andersson
Hanka
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Ignacy Gogolewski
Janek
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Folke Sundquist
Austrian officer
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Kazimierz Fabisiak
Hanka's father
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Ryszard Barycz
Polish officer
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Krystyna Feldman
Village woman (uncredited)
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Mariusz Gorczyński
Infantry corporal (uncredited)
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Wiesława Kosmalska
Wedding guest (uncredited)
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Mirosława Marcheluk
Wedding guest (uncredited)
Overview
Tragedy befalls Hanka, as her husband and father die fighting Austrian forces invading the Duchy of Warsaw in 1809.
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