The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc.
Social & External
The people behind it
Henryk Boukołowski
Julek Szulc
Pola Raksa
Marysia
Leon Pietraszkiewicz
Piasecki
Zbigniew Koczanowicz
Saturnin Czepulonis
Bronisław Dardziński
Court Chairman
Halina Kossobudzka
Olkucka
Maciej Maciejewski
Zwolski
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Voivode
Władysław Krasnowiecki
Świętojański
Szczepan Baczyński
Investigating Judge
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