Overview
Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.
Cast
Adolf Dymsza
Nikodem Dyzma
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Gabryś
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Leon Kunicki
Ewa Krasnodębska
Nina Kunicka
Lech Madaliński
Colonel Wacław Wareda
Andrzej Bogucki
Minister Władysław Jaszuński
Edward Dziewoński
Jan Ulanicki
Stanisław Milski
Owsik
Kazimierz Wilamowski
Director Terkowski
Tadeusz Fijewski
Police Chief Jarec
Halina Dobrowolska
Kunicki's Daughter
Zygmunt Chmielewski
Chairman Artur Rakowiecki
Krystyna Ciechomska
Rakowiecka
Jerzy Bielenia
Singer
Seweryn Butrym
Editor
Adam Daniewicz
Ministry of Agriculture Employee
Edmund Fetting
Guest
Aleksander Gąssowski
Prime Minister
Urszula Hałacinska
Lady at a Hotel European Party
Zbigniew Jabłoński
Director Wandryszewski
Emil Karewicz
Commisar Melonek
Lidia Korsakówna
Prostitute at Restaurant
Barbara Leleniewska
Woydyłło
Małgorzata Lorentowicz
Dobicińska
Karol Leszczyński
Party Guest
Zdzisław Lubelski
Restaurant Owner
Ludmiła Łączyńska
Lolita
Jan Łopuszniak
Ministry of Agriculture Employee
Helena Makowska
Countess Czarska
Jerzy Michalewicz
Party Guest
Henryk Modrzewski
Clerk
Leon Niemczyk
Mr. Cox's Interpreter
Maria Nowotarska
Countess Koniecpolska
Janina Niczewska
Lady
Władysław Osto-Suski
Wilski
Kazimierz Pawłowski
Mr. Cox
Eugeniusz Solarski
Koborowo Party Guest
Jarema Stępowski
Counsellor in President's Office
Władysław Staszewski
Ministry of Agriculture Employee
Janusz Ściwiarski
Sausage Seller
Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe
Lady (as Wanda Stanisławska)
Tadeusz Somogi
Lieutenant (as Tadeusz Samogi)
Zofia Szancerowa
Koborowo Party Guest
Józef Teryks
Koborowo Party Guest
Wladyslaw Olszyn
Government Member
Jerzy Walden
Ministry of Agriculture Employee
Lidia Wysocka
Singer
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Wareda's Man
Stefan Witas
Fashion Store Seller
Zygmunt Zintel
Ignacy
Stanisław Bareja
Kunicki's Butler (uncredited)
Maria Chwalibóg
Woman in a Bathtub (uncredited)
Kazimierz Dębicki
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ryszard Filipski
Thief (uncredited)
Mieczysław Gajda
Poor Man (uncredited)
Eugenia Herman
Dyzma's Secretary (uncredited)
Tadeusz Kożusznik
Officer at a Party (uncredited)
Czesław Lasota
Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)
Teresa Lipowska
Woman with the Thief (uncredited)
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Policeman (uncredited)
Katarzyna Łaniewska
Woman by the Bridge (uncredited)
Anna Lubienska
Duchess Korbut-Wielogłowska (uncredited)
Ludwik Pak
Man by the Bridge (uncredited)
Roman Polanski
Porter (uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Man at the Bridge Steps (uncredited)
Henryk Rzętkowski
Wrestling Judge (uncredited)
Mieczysław Stoor
Accordionist (uncredited)
Zdzisław Szymański
Drunk Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Grain Bank Guard (uncredited)
Edward Wichura
Journalist (uncredited)
Lech Wojciechowski
Guest at Hotel European Party (uncredited)
Tadeusz Woźniak
Minister of Foreign Affairs (uncredited)
Ludwik Wytysiński
(uncredited)
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