Under the Phrygian Star

1954

1h 52m

5.5(4 votes)

Drama

Overview

Communist Szczęsny juggles between his revolutionary activities and love to a fellow party member Madzia in this sequel to "Cellulose".

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39 members

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Józef Nowak

Szczęsny "Bida"

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Lucyna Winnicka

Magda

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Halina Przybylska

Weronka, Szczęsny's Sister

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Stanisław Jasiukiewicz

Bolesław Gąbiński, a worker in "Cellulose", a police reporter

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Zbigniew Józefowicz

Jan Gawlikowski

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Jerzy Szpunar

Stanisław Rychlik

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Stanisław Milski

Szczęsny's Father

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Zofia Perczyńska

Kachna

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Józef Gliński

Walek, Szczęsny's brother

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Bolesław Płotnicki

Olejniczak

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Bronisław Pawlik

Leon

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Janusz Jaroń

Chrobotek

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Tadeusz Kondrat

Lubart

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Aleksander Sewruk

Wajszyc

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Małgorzata Lorentowicz

Wajszycowa

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Maciej Maciejewski

Tomczewski

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Jadwiga Andrzejewska

Tomczewska

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Janina Traczykówna

Fela

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Zbigniew Skowroński

MP Roman Korbal

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Feliks Chmurkowski

District Administrator

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Ludwik Benoit

Perehubka

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Janusz Strachocki

Klusiewicz

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Kazimierz Opaliński

Nepomucen Lapiec

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Kazimierz Wichniarz

Party Member

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Wacław Kowalski

Party Member

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Jerzy Antczak

Worker (uncredited)

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Ludwik Bednarek

Władek (uncredited)

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Saturnin Butkiewicz

Eustachy Kleszcz (uncredited)

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Józef Czerniawski

Kot (uncredited)

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Zofia Goldberg

Brońcia Lubartówna (uncredited)

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Włodzimierz Kwaskowski

Party Member (uncredited)

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Zygmunt Malawski

Worker (uncredited)

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Alicja Raciszówna

Party Woman (uncredited)

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Henryk Staszewski

Worker (uncredited)

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Zofia Stefanska

Jadzia (uncredited)

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Ruth Taru-Kowalska

Lubartowa (uncredited)

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Jerzy Walczak

Speaker (uncredited)

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Ludwik Wytysiński

Żebro (uncredited)

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Wojciech Zagórski

Ryboń (uncredited)

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