Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.
| Directing | Andrzej Wajda | Director |
| Editing | Halina Prugar-Ketling | Editor |
| Writing | Andrzej Wajda | Writer |
| Sound | Andrzej Korzyński | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Witold Sobociński | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Andrzej Jerzy Piotrowski | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Andrzej Kostenko | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Krystyna Grochowicz | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Maciej Kijowski | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bogdan Borewicz | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Lech Zielaskowski | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Aleksy Krywsza | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Wiesław Śniadecki | Production Design |
| Art | Mariusz Kowalski | Art Direction |
| Art | Hanna Rechowicz | Art Direction |
| Art | Gabriel Rechowicz | Art Direction |
| Art | Wiesław Śniadecki | Set Decoration |
| Art | Mariusz Kowalski | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Hanna Rechowicz | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Gabriel Rechowicz | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katarzyna Chodorowicz | Costume Design |
| Sound | Wiesława Dembińska | Sound |
| Sound | Kazimierz Kucharski | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Zbigniew Kowalczyk | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Grazyna Pliszczynska | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jadwiga Swiętosławska | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Adamek | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Barbara Pec-Ślesicka | Production Supervisor |