Szczęsny "Bida"
Józef Nowak
Magda
Lucyna Winnicka
Leon
Bronisław Pawlik
Chrobotek
Janusz Jaroń
Lubart
Tadeusz Kondrat
Wajszyc
Aleksander Sewruk
Wajszycowa
Małgorzata Lorentowicz
Tomczewski
Maciej Maciejewski
Tomczewska
Jadwiga Andrzejewska
Fela
Janina Traczykówna
MP Roman Korbal
Zbigniew Skowroński
District Administrator
Feliks Chmurkowski
Weronka, Szczęsny's Sister
Halina Przybylska
Perehubka
Ludwik Benoit
Klusiewicz
Janusz Strachocki
Nepomucen Lapiec
Kazimierz Opaliński
Party Member
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Wacław Kowalski
Worker (uncredited)
Jerzy Antczak
Władek (uncredited)
Ludwik Bednarek
Eustachy Kleszcz (uncredited)
Saturnin Butkiewicz
Kot (uncredited)
Józef Czerniawski
Brońcia Lubartówna (uncredited)
Zofia Goldberg
Bolesław Gąbiński, a worker in "Cellulose", a police reporter
Stanisław Jasiukiewicz
Party Member (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
Zygmunt Malawski
Party Woman (uncredited)
Alicja Raciszówna
Henryk Staszewski
Jadzia (uncredited)
Zofia Stefanska
Lubartowa (uncredited)
Ruth Taru-Kowalska
Speaker (uncredited)
Jerzy Walczak
Żebro (uncredited)
Ludwik Wytysiński
Ryboń (uncredited)
Wojciech Zagórski
Jan Gawlikowski
Zbigniew Józefowicz
Stanisław Rychlik
Jerzy Szpunar
Szczęsny's Father
Stanisław Milski
Kachna
Zofia Perczyńska
Walek, Szczęsny's brother
Józef Gliński
Olejniczak
Bolesław Płotnicki
Costume Assistant
Lidia Rzeszewska
Assistant Production Design
Jarosław Świtoniak
Editor
Zofia Dwornik
Screenplay
Igor Newerly
Novel
Director
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Assistant Director
Czesław Petelski
Assistant Camera
Mieczysław Jahoda
Production Design
Roman Mann
Director of Photography
Seweryn Kruszyński
Sound Editor
Zygmunt Nowak
First Assistant Director
Silik Sternfeld
Jakub Goldberg
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Lighting Technician
Julian Glowacki
Wojciech Krysztofiak
Józef Galewski
Set Decoration
Cecylia Wróblewska
Costume Design
Eugeniusz Bozyk
Conductor
Stanisław Skrowaczewski
Sound
Mikołaj Kompan-Altman
Franciszek Busiak
Assistant Editor
Halina Nawrocka
Makeup Artist
Jan Dobracki
Assistant Makeup Artist
Teresa Tomaszewska
Roman Kęsikowski
Still Photographer
M. Biełous
Production Manager
Ludwik Hager
Unit Manager
Stanisław Adler
Zygmunt Wójcik
Michał Sosiński
Script Supervisor
Anita Janeczkowa
Mieczysław Verocsy
Music