Wojciech Solarz as Marian Cielęcki

Agata Kryska-Ziętek as Luśka

Emilian Kamiński as Józef Czapla "Żuraw" vel Jerzy Bocian

Małgorzata Sadowska as Halinka Struzikowa

Krzysztof Dzierma as priest Antoni

Andrzej Zaborski as Henryk Wołkołycki

Aleksander Skowroński as Ignacy

Mieczyslaw Fiodorow as mayor Mieczysław

Łukasz Simlat as Stasio

Zbigniew Konopka as Waldek

Eliza Krasicka as Jadźka

Alicja Bach as

Jan Wieczorkowski as Witek Naliwajko

Irina Lachina as Marusia Naliwajko

Małgorzata Płońska as

Adam Zieleniecki as Adam

Adam Dzienis as Rysiek

Krzysztof Pilat as Polesiuk

Paweł Szymański as Boguś

Ewa Makomaska as Oliwia

Babiker Artoli as Masselli

Janusz Wituch as Jan Maj

Robert Talarczyk as Buncol

Marian Krawczyk as superintendent Dowbój

Maria Mamona as Cielęcka, Marian's mother

Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak as Siemieniuk

Piotr Damulewicz as Batiuszka

Magdalena Kiszko-Dojlidko as nun

Edyta Łukaszewicz-Lisowska as nun

Grażyna Kozłowska as nun

Monika Zaborska-Wróblewska as hairdresser Dzidzia

Agnieszka Sobolewska as hairdresser Stenia

Marek Cichucki as firefighter

Ignacy Lewandowski as Józuś

Leon Kryska as Luśka's child

Barbara Torzewska as Dzidka

Artur Krajewski as Sławek "Rudy"

Ryszard Doliński as Śliwiak

Iwona Szczęsna as Jola

Krzysztof Pyziak as driver Ziółkowski

Franciszek Utko as

Alicja Butkiewicz as Szeptucha

Danuta Bach as Maciejowa

Antoni Barłowski as

Stanisław Melski as colonel Skurski

Henryk Błażejczyk as Pietuch

Marek Kasprzyk as major Kompała

Jan Hencz as general Świteź

Stanisław Biczysko as major Ryś

Adam Biedrzycki as driver (uncredited)

Sylwia Janowicz-Dobrowolska as mayor's daughter (uncredited)

Bogdan Kalus as musician in church (uncredited)

Ewa Żebrowska as Hanka (uncredited)