Maciej Góraj

as Józef Mrotek / Jan Mrotek

Grażyna Skorłutowska

as Marta

Zdzisław Kozień

as Bolesław Mazur

Anna Milewska

as Józef's mother

Helena Kowalczykowa

as Józef's grandmother

Leon Niemczyk

as Military prosecutor

Elżbieta Panas

as Lady

Paweł Okoński

as Young Bolesław Mazur

Paweł Tchórzelski

Henryk Hunko

as Stablehand

Ryszard Kotys

as Stablehand

Alfred Freudenheim

as Judge

Tomasz Zaliwski

as Speaker at the funeral

Andrzej Bielski

as Investigating officer

Jadwiga Sadlik

as Barmaid

Zbigniew Buczkowski

as Witness (uncredited)

Wiktor Grotowicz

as Civil servant (uncredited)

Jerzy Kramarczyk

as German soldier (uncredited)

Bogdan Kuczkowski

as German man (uncredited)

Stanisław Melski

as Lawyer (uncredited)