Tadeusz Łomnicki
— Major Świętowiec
Daniel Olbrychski
— Junior Lieutenant Stefan Olewicz
Marek Perepeczko
— Lieutenant Marek Kolski
Barbara Brylska
— Ewa Kraczyńska
Barbara Sołtysik
— Zosia Brzycka
Damian Damięcki
— Andrzej
Kazimierz Fabisiak
— Brzycki
Tadeusz Schmidt
— General
Jan Güntner
— Junior Lieutenant Woźniak
Ryszard Wojciechowski
— Soldier shooting at Adam
Witold Pyrkosz
— Lieutenant Leoniak
Eugeniusz Korczarowski
— Adam
Antoni Żukowski
— Świętowiec's Adjutant
Ryszard Filipski
— Kotwa (uncredited)
Zbigniew Geiger
— Soldier in Beswitz (uncredited)
Ryszard Kotys
— Soldier making a Deceased List (uncredited)
Jan Paweł Kruk
— Sęk (uncredited)
Krzysztof Machowski
— Soldier (uncredited)
Zygmunt Malawski
— Captain (uncredited)
Irena Malkiewicz
— Ewa's Mother (uncredited)
Franciszek Trzeciak
— Man applying for Air Force (uncredited)