Maciej Góraj
— Józef Mrotek / Jan Mrotek
Grażyna Skorłutowska
— Marta
Zdzisław Kozień
— Bolesław Mazur
Anna Milewska
— Józef's mother
Helena Kowalczykowa
— Józef's grandmother
Leon Niemczyk
— Military prosecutor
Elżbieta Panas
— Lady
Paweł Okoński
— Young Bolesław Mazur
Paweł Tchórzelski
Henryk Hunko
— Stablehand
Ryszard Kotys
— Stablehand
Alfred Freudenheim
— Judge
Tomasz Zaliwski
— Speaker at the funeral
Andrzej Bielski
— Investigating officer
Jadwiga Sadlik
— Barmaid
Zbigniew Buczkowski
— Witness (uncredited)
Wiktor Grotowicz
— Civil servant (uncredited)
Jerzy Kramarczyk
— German soldier (uncredited)
Bogdan Kuczkowski
— German man (uncredited)
Stanisław Melski
— Lawyer (uncredited)