Second half of the 17th century. A burgher from Lecko - Jan Stolpecki, in accordance with the judgment of the governor of Brandenburg's elector von Hollstein, is sentenced to death for treason. The verdict is opposed by the gathered townspeople and Colonel Krzysztof Dowgird, who arrived at the head of the armed unit - a Prussian officer and a Polish nobleman. The governor, however, does not change the sentence. Dowgird terminates his service in the electoral army and, together with his companions, prepares a plan to recapture Stolpecki. The execution of the burgher is interrupted, but a detachment of Radziwiłł dragoons under the command of the Captain Zaremba arrives in the town. There is a fight; Dowgird is captured and his friends die. Only his chieftain, Kacper Pilch, remains at large and it is he who frees the colonel while playing in the castle. They run away together, but Zaremba stands in their way. The duel begins ...
Name | Type | Role | |
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Antoni Gruziński | Writer | ||
Ryszard Pietruski | Writer | ||
Andrzej Konic | Director |