Jerzy Bińczycki

as Wiktor Wiarecki

Ewa Pokas

as Irena

Lidia Korsakówna

as Teresa Przewłocka

Lucyna Brusikiewicz

as Young Teresa Przewłocka

Barbara Ludwiżanka

as Teresa's mother

Janusz Sykutera

as Aleksy

Bronisław Pawlik

as Janusz Obrocki

Krzysztof Krupiński

as Jurek

Anna Romantowska

as Krystyna

Angelika Wegener

as Gudrun

Franciszek Pieczka

as Franciszek

Edward Bukowian

as Young Franciszek

Eliasz Kuziemski

as Jan Skarga

Andrzej Precigs

as Young Jan Skarga

Stanisław Zaczyk

as Bernard "Gloomy"

Józef Pieracki

as Henryk

Józef Duriasz

as Actor

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

as Zażywny

Wojciech Standełło

as Poet-worker

Andrzej Żółkiewski

as Pogłuch

Marek Wysocki

as Young Stefan Przewłocki

Piotr Szyma

as Konrad

Janina Traczykówna

as Franciszek's wife

Jerzy Wasiuczyński

as "Splinter"

Tatiana Sosna-Sarno

as Bernard's daughter

Leonard Andrzejewski

Cezariusz Chrapkiewicz

Halina Chrobak

Tadeusz Czechowski

as (credited as Tadeusz Czachowski)

Bohdan Ejmont

as Party guest

Mariusz Gorczyński

as Barkeeper

Andrzej Grzybowski

Zbigniew Kryński

Henryk Machalica

as Writer

Teresa Mikolajczuk

Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska

as Singer

Anna Wróblówna

Bogusław Augustyn

as (credited as Bogdan Augustyn)

Maria Baster

Piotr Brzezinski

Czesław Byszewski

Joanna Ciemniewska

Karol Ciostek

Jacek Domański

Jerzy Felczyński

Alfred Freudenheim

Jerzy Góralczyk

G. Jacewicz

Jacek Kałucki

as (credited as Jerzy Kałucki)

Witold Kałuski

as Man at a car repair shop

Helena Kowalczykowa

as Party guest

Gustaw Kron

Rafał Kukulski

Jan Łopuszniak

as Reciter

Stanisław Melski

Alicja Migulanka

Andrzej Mirecki

Czesław Nogacki

Stefan Paska

as Construction worker (credited as Stanisław Paska)

Ryszard Ostałowski

Joanna Pawlina

Alicja Piekarz

Zdzisław Szymborski

Jacek Strzemżalski

as Mechanic

Jerzy Moes

as MO Officer (uncredited)

Wojciech Skibiński

as (uncredited)

Elżbieta Strzałkowska

as Writer (uncredited)