Boasting the career-high role of Leszek Herdegen, the film also features several other excellent actors, including Tadeusz Łomnicki. The beautiful, pictorial visuals are a product of flawless camerawork and masterful production design. A biopic of Aleksander Gierymski, the film focuses on the Warsaw period in the painter's life, during which he created his most valued works, including the famous "Jewess with Oranges".