Krystyna Janda as Agnieszka

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz as Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk

Tadeusz Łomnicki as Jerzy Burski

Jacek Lomnicki as Jerzy Burski (young)

Michał Tarkowski as Witek

Piotr Cieślak as Michalak

Wiesław Wójcik as Jodła

Krystyna Zachwatowicz as Hanka Tomczyk

Magda Teresa Wójcik as Editor

Bogusław Sobczuk as TV Editor

Leonard Zajączkowski as Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP

Jacek Domański as Sound Man

Zdzisław Kozień as Agnieszka's Father

Irena Laskowska as Museum Worker

Wiesław Drzewicz as Hanka's Husband

Kazimierz Kaczor as UB Colonel

Ewa Ziętek as Colonel's Secretary

Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta as Blonde

Andrzej Grąziewicz as Judge

Edmund Karwański as Prosecutor

Stefania Kornacka as

Henryk Łapiński as Marcin Pawlusiak

Jerzy Moniak as Engineer Moniak

Irena Oberska as Zakopane Houseekeper

Zbigniew Płoszaj as Chronicle Sound Man

Juliusz Roland as Mieczysław Hertz

Maciej Rayzacher as ZMP Meeting Chairman

Grzegorz Skurski as Agnieszka's Driver

Dorota Stalińska as Photojournalist in Okęcie

Zdzisław Szymborski as Boardroom Member

Mariusz Świgoń as Construction Technician

Krystyna Wolańska as Marysia's Guardian

Andrzej Wykrętowicz as Jan Wołodkiewicz

Feliks Falk as Film Director (uncredited)

Stanisław Frąckowiak as Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)

Witold Holtz as Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)

Krzysztof Kiersznowski as Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)

Jarosław Kopaczewski as Worker (uncredited)

Ilona Łepkowska as Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited)

Stanisław Michalik as Judge (uncredited)

Mieczysław Grąbka as Chronicle Narrator (voice)

Andrzej Seweryn as Record Beating Announcer (voice)

Agnieszka Holland as Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)