Krystyna Janda

as Agnieszka

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

as Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk

Tadeusz Łomnicki

as Jerzy Burski

Jacek Lomnicki

as Jerzy Burski (young)

Michał Tarkowski

as Witek

Piotr Cieślak

as Michalak

Wiesław Wójcik

as Jodła

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

as Hanka Tomczyk

Magda Teresa Wójcik

as Editor

Bogusław Sobczuk

as TV Editor

Leonard Zajączkowski

as Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP

Jacek Domański

as Sound Man

Zdzisław Kozień

as Agnieszka's Father

Irena Laskowska

as Museum Worker

Wiesław Drzewicz

as Hanka's Husband

Kazimierz Kaczor

as UB Colonel

Ewa Ziętek

as Colonel's Secretary

Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta

as Blonde

Andrzej Grąziewicz

as Judge

Edmund Karwański

as Prosecutor

Stefania Kornacka

Henryk Łapiński

as Marcin Pawlusiak

Jerzy Moniak

as Engineer Moniak

Irena Oberska

as Zakopane Houseekeper

Zbigniew Płoszaj

as Chronicle Sound Man

Juliusz Roland

as Mieczysław Hertz

Maciej Rayzacher

as ZMP Meeting Chairman

Grzegorz Skurski

as Agnieszka's Driver

Dorota Stalińska

as Photojournalist in Okęcie

Zdzisław Szymborski

as Boardroom Member

Mariusz Świgoń

as Construction Technician

Krystyna Wolańska

as Marysia's Guardian

Andrzej Wykrętowicz

as Jan Wołodkiewicz

Feliks Falk

as Film Director (uncredited)

Stanisław Frąckowiak

as Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)

Witold Holtz

as Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)

Krzysztof Kiersznowski

as Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)

Jarosław Kopaczewski

as Worker (uncredited)

Ilona Łepkowska

as Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited)

Stanisław Michalik

as Judge (uncredited)

Mieczysław Grąbka

as Chronicle Narrator (voice)

Andrzej Seweryn

as Record Beating Announcer (voice)

Agnieszka Holland

as Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)