Zanussi has described the film as his most autobiographical work. A young boy in post-World War II, Communist-dominated Poland, whose father's decision to remain in Britain after the war has made his family politically-suspect with the local Party authorities, is sent by his mother to stay with an "aunt" (in reality an old family friend) in Warsaw.
| Directing | Krzysztof Zanussi | Director |
| Writing | Krzysztof Zanussi | Writer |
| Production | Krzysztof Zanussi | Producer |
| Production | Mirosław Bork | Producer |
| Camera | Jarosław Żamojda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marek Denys | Editor |
| Art | Halina Dobrowolska | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elżbieta Radke | Costume Design |
| Sound | Aleksander Gołębiowski | Sound |
| Sound | Wojciech Kilar | Original Music Composer |