Wiesław Gołas as Hipolit Kaleń

Zofia Słaboszowska as Maria

Leon Niemczyk as Saszko

Józef Kostecki as Captain Wierzbicki

Józef Łodyński as Lieutenant Matula

Zdzisław Karczewski as Colonel Tomaszewski

Janusz Kłosiński as Major Żubryd

Tadeusz Teodorczyk as Żubryd's Deputy

Janusz Strachocki as Dwernicki

Sylwester Przedwojewski as Lieutenant Daszewski

Tadeusz Somogi as Sergeant "Zawieja"

Henryk Hunko as "Piorun"

Jerzy Antczak as

Jerzy Dargiel as Saszko's Man at a Meeting with Żubryd

Kazimierz Dębicki as

Aleksander Fogiel as Innkeeper Szponderski

Adolf Chronicki as Driver Kotlak

E. Kapralski as

Alina Jurkowska as Girl accusing Kaleń of Rape

Wacław Kowalski as Kolanowski

Ferdynand Matysik as Lieutenant Rafałowski

Kazimierz Michalski as

Irena Netto as Old Woman

Leopold Rene Nowak as Soldier

Adam Perzyk as Alojzy Rączka

Sławomir Zemło as Soldier killed by Żubryd

Ryszard Filipski as Soldier in Baligród (uncredited)

Eugeniusz Korczarowski as Polish Soldier (uncredited)

Zygmunt Malawski as Militiaman (uncredited)

Czesław Piaskowski as Saszko's Soldier (uncredited)

Andrzej Rausz as Executioner (uncredited)