The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
| Directing | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Director |
| Editing | Janina Niedźwiecka | Editor |
| Camera | Andrzej Ancuta | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Writer |
| Writing | Kazimierz Sumerski | Writer |
| Writing | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Storyboard |
| Writing | Kazimierz Sumerski | Storyboard |
| Directing | Kazimierz Sumerski | Director |
| Directing | Konrad Paradowski | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marian Zietkiewicz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hubert Drapella | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Tadeusz Korecki | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Tadeusz Jakuczyn | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mieczysław Jahoda | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Jozef Ciecwirek | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Wojciech Krysztofiak | Production Design |
| Art | Józef Galewski | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Kazimierz Smoleński | Props |
| Sound | Tomasz Kiesewetter | Music |
| Sound | Mikołaj Kompan-Altman | Sound |
| Sound | Zdzislaw Siwecki | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Tomasz Kiesewetter | Conductor |
| Editing | Halina Wójtówna | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zdzislaw Papierz | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teresa Tomaszewska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Camera | M. Biełous | Still Photographer |
| Production | Tadeusz Karwański | Production Manager |
| Production | Jan Łopuszniak | Unit Manager |
| Production | Stanislaw Moroszkiewicz | Unit Manager |
| Production | Tadeusz Waszak | Unit Manager |
