The Day of the Vistula

The story

Warsaw, September 1944. On the eastern bank of the Vistula, a group of civilians live in a house cut off from the fighting across the river. Tadeusz, a young poet who has lost both legs, struggles with his helplessness as the Warsaw Uprising continues. His younger brother Witek dreams of crossing the river to join the fight, while Tadeusz grows closer to Katarzyna. As soldiers, refugees and resistance fighters pass through the house, its inhabitants confront the devastation of war and the uncertain future of a country caught between two worlds.

Cast

H Henryk TalarTadeusz E Ewa BorowikKatarzyna E Edmund FettingProfessor J Jerzy KamasMajor "Kazimierz" E Emil KarewiczLieutenant "Florian" A Anna MilewskaTadeusz and Witek's Mother E Erwin NowiaszakSzulc A Andrzej PrecigsWitek M Mieczysław VoitSamuel Blum W Wiesław GołasSoldier E Eugeniusz KamińskiResistance fighter K Katarzyna ŁaniewskaFugitive

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T Tomasz ZaliwskiPolish Army Lieutenant B Bogusław SarSzulc's translator S Stanisław Symonowicz W Wojciech Zagórski W Wiktor ZborowskiSoldier S Stefania Błońska J Joanna Ciemniewska M Marek DąbrowskiGerman Soldier Z Zygmunt FokGerman Soldier W Waldemar KownackiResistance fighter giving out clothes R Ryszard NadrowskiEscapist J Jan Orsza-ŁukasiewiczEscapist M Marek PrałatGerman Soldier A Andrzej PrusGerman soldier A A. Rutkowska J Jolanta Skubniewska B Bogdan Śmigielski E Edward Tymiński J Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska H Helena Wizło-Sztark K Kazimierz Wójcikowski M Mieczysław HryniewiczSick Man (uncredited) C Czesław MroczekResistance Fighter (uncredited) S Szymon PawlickiResistance Fighter (uncredited) J Jacek StrzemżalskiMan attempting to cross the Vistula (uncredited)