Krzysztof Jasiński

as Ignacy Paderewski

Marta Lipińska

as Helena Paderewska

Zdzisław Wardejn

as Wojciech Korfanty

Stefan Friedmann

as Andrzej Frankowski

Ferdynand Matysik

as Colonel Wade

Edward Warzecha

as Lieutenant Commander Rawlings

Igor Przegrodzki

as Kazimierz Władysław Seyda

Jerzy Łapiński

as Stanisław Grabski

Bronisław Wrocławski

as Major Stanisław Taczak

Piotr Krukowski

as Dr. Bolesław Krysiewicz

Włodzimierz Wiszniewski

as Kontrowicz

Andrzej Łągwa

as Sylwin Strakacz

Andrzej Żółkiewski

as Major Stefan Iwanowski

Michał Grudziński

as Captain Andersch

Leszek Wojtaszak

as Franciszek Ratajczak

Lech Gwit

as Stanisław Adamski

Jan Hencz

as Second Lieutenant Mieczysław Paluch

Bogusław Semotiuk

as Second Lieutenant Bohdan Hulewicz

Andrzej Grabarczyk

as Second Lieutenant Jan Maciaszek

Waldemar Szczepaniak

as Second Lieutenant Edmund Krause

Wanda Neumann

as Maria Seydowa

Andrzej Szczytko

as Roman Wilkanowicz

Włodzimierz Twardowski

as Marian Trawiński

Bogusław Sochnacki

as General Von Block und Polach

Leon Niemczyk

as General Schimmelpfenig

Erwin Nowiaszak

as Eugen Ernst

Mariusz Żarnecki

as Michał Milewski

Andrzej Mrozek

as Firefighter

Zbigniew Józefowicz

as Newspaper Editor

Grażyna Jędras

as Phone Operator

Michał Szewczyk

as Kaczmarek

Henryk Staszewski

as Landowner from Lipnica

Włodzimierz Adamski

as Delegation Member / Eugen Ernst (voice)

Hanna Bedryńska

J. Dąbrowski

Jacek Domański

as Resistance Fighter

Janusz Dziubiński

Krystyna Feldman

as Woman issuing Food to Soldiers

A. Ford

M. Frydrych

Zbigniew Grabski

Renata Husarek

Wojciech Kalinowski

Eugeniusz Korczarowski

as Supreme People's Council Station Member

Wiesław Krupa

Ryszard Radwański

as Journalist

Eugeniusz Wałaszek

as Deserter

Józef Jachowicz

as Train Driver (uncredited)

Ryszard Mróz

as Dictating Journalist (uncredited)

Mirosław Siedler

as German Officer (uncredited)

Tadeusz Teodorczyk

as Train Driver (uncredited)

Włodzimierz Tympalski

as Conference Member (uncredited)