Jiří Bartoška

as Václav Kavan

Rudolf Hrušínský

as Franz Joseph I

Jürgen Frohriep

as Wilhelm II

Andrei Rostotsky

as Nicholas II

Josef Vinklář

as Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Nelli Pshyonnaya

as Alexandra Feodorovna

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov

Zora Jandová

as Draga Simić

Martin Růžek

as Dr. Paul Schönbeck

Josef Somr

as Count Leopold Berchtold

Hans-Joachim Hanisch

as Helmuth von Moltke

Herbert Sturm

as Count István Tisza

Rolf Colditz

as Count Karl Stürgh

Gustav Opočenský

as Count Hartenberg

Ernst Heise

as Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

Svatopluk Beneš

as Count Eduard von Paar

Pavol Mikulík

as Raymond Poincaré

Jozef Adamovič

as Lord Edward Grey

Oldřich Vízner

as Ivan Olbracht

Petr Kostka

as Dr. Berth Leopold Schönbeck-Mannesmann

Otakar Brousek

as Oscar von Potiorek

Stanislav Zindulka

as Eugen Ketterle

Jiří Klem

as Jovan Jovanić

Jitka Žídková

as Lída Kavanová

Dáša Neblechová

as Kavan's Mother-in-Law

Blanka Blahníková

as Uršula

Drahoslava Landsmanová

as Schönbeck's Wife

Oldřich Velen

Jiří Wohanka

Milan Sandhaus

Josef Šebek

Roman Hemala

Roman Janoušek

Zdeněk Podhůrský

Marek Pavlovský

Jan Cmíral

Hugo Kaminský

Milan Mach

Vladimír Pospíšil

Milan Riehs

Jindřich Narenta

Dana Klossová

Otto Kinský

Antonín Gája

Eva Hořánková

Vladimír Huber

Jiří Strach

Ruth Reinecke

as Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt

Ernst Steiner

as Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès

Eckhard Bilz

Vera Kuznetsova

Anzhelika Nevolina

as Maid with a Dress

Leoš Kaltofen

Petr Skarke

Roman Hájek

Michal Kocourek

Stanislav Lehký

Tomáš Valík

Josef Vrána

František Vláčil ml.

J. Kropáček

Miloš Mikula

as Musician

Jiří Mindl

as Musician

V. Kalivoda

as Musician

Vojtěch Šebestík

as Musician

Jiří Adamíra

as Narrator (voice)

Jan Schánilec

as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov (voice)

Jiří Samek

as Helmuth von Moltke (voice)

Petr Pelzer

as Count István Tisza (voice)

Soběslav Sejk

as Count Karl Stürgh (voice)

Karel Pospíšil

as Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (voice)

Pavel Soukup

as Lord Edward Grey (voice)

Libuše Geprtová

as Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (voice)

Rudolf Pellar

as Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès (voice)

Ilona Svobodová

as Maid with a Dress (voice)

Oldřich Janovský

as German Crown Councillor (voice)

Karel Hlušička

as German Crown Councillor (voice)

Pavel Pípal

as Russian General (voice)

Jiří Pleskot

as Mitič (voice)

Boris Rösner

as Adjutant to Wilhelm II (voice)

Vlastimil Zavřel

as Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)

Josef Velda

as Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)

Pavel Rímský

as Adjutant to Nicholas II

Bedřich Šetena

as Jules Cambon (voice)

Karel Chromík

as German Ship Captain (voice)

Ferdinand Krůta

as German Court Physician (voice)

Jaroslav Vágner

as German General (voice)

Vladimír Kudla

as Russian Officer (voice)

Bohuslav Kalva

as Russian Doorman (voice)

Josef Nedorost

as German Sailor (voice)

Luděk Nešleha

as Russian Lieutenant (voice)