The first screen adaptation of the most famous Polish comedy - "Zemsta" (Revenge) by Aleksander Fredro. Written and directed by Antoni Bohdziewicz and Bohdan Korzeniowski; Korzeniowski was a renown theater director whose production of "Zemsta" in the National Theater in 1953 was a big success.
The film features a star-studded cast consisting mainly of theater actors, including the first big screen appearance of then 17-year-old Beata Tyszkiewicz, one of the most beautiful actresses in the history of Polish cinema.
One of the first Polish films shot entirely in color.
A comical story of a dispute between the King's Butler and the Notary, with a love affair between Wacław and Klara, the heirs to the two conflicted houses, brewing in the background.
King's Butler Raptusiewicz and Notary Milczek live in an old castle. They are separated by a damaged wall, which they have been fighting over for years. The conflicted neighbors fail to notice that their heirs, Klara and Wacław, are meeting secretly and are in love with each other. Tempted by the vision of riches, the King's Butler decides to marry the wealthy widow of Lord High Steward, Klara's guardian. Papkin, a blowhard and a fraud, is supposed to help him. Meanwhile, insidious Milczek tries to thwart their plans by having the widow marry Wacław. The young lovers' future is thus put at risk.
The film lacks one of the most famous scenes of Fredro's comedy in which the King's Butler dictates a letter to Dyndalski, for a tragic reason: before the scene was shot, Edward Fertner, who played Dyndalski, suffered a fatal accident on the set.
