Jiří Bartoška as Václav Kavan

Rudolf Hrušínský as Franz Joseph I

Jürgen Frohriep as Wilhelm II

Andrei Rostotsky as Nicholas II

Josef Vinklář as Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Nelli Pshyonnaya as Alexandra Feodorovna

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov

Zora Jandová as Draga Simić

Martin Růžek as Dr. Paul Schönbeck

Josef Somr as Count Leopold Berchtold

Hans-Joachim Hanisch as Helmuth von Moltke

Herbert Sturm as Count István Tisza

Rolf Colditz as Count Karl Stürgh

Gustav Opočenský as Count Hartenberg

Ernst Heise as Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

Svatopluk Beneš as Count Eduard von Paar

Pavol Mikulík as Raymond Poincaré

Jozef Adamovič as Lord Edward Grey

Oldřich Vízner as Ivan Olbracht

Petr Kostka as Dr. Berth Leopold Schönbeck-Mannesmann

Otakar Brousek as Oscar von Potiorek

Stanislav Zindulka as Eugen Ketterle

Jiří Klem as Jovan Jovanić

Jitka Žídková as Lída Kavanová

Dáša Neblechová as Kavan's Mother-in-Law

Blanka Blahníková as Uršula

Drahoslava Landsmanová as Schönbeck's Wife

Oldřich Velen as

Jiří Wohanka as

Milan Sandhaus as

Josef Šebek as

Roman Hemala as

Roman Janoušek as

Zdeněk Podhůrský as

Marek Pavlovský as

Jan Cmíral as

Hugo Kaminský as

Milan Mach as

Vladimír Pospíšil as

Milan Riehs as

Jindřich Narenta as

Dana Klossová as

Otto Kinský as

Antonín Gája as

Eva Hořánková as

Vladimír Huber as

Jiří Strach as

Ruth Reinecke as Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt

Ernst Steiner as Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès

Eckhard Bilz as

Vera Kuznetsova as

Anzhelika Nevolina as Maid with a Dress

Leoš Kaltofen as

Petr Skarke as

Roman Hájek as

Michal Kocourek as

Stanislav Lehký as

Tomáš Valík as

Josef Vrána as

František Vláčil ml. as

J. Kropáček as

Miloš Mikula as Musician

Jiří Mindl as Musician

V. Kalivoda as Musician

Vojtěch Šebestík as Musician

Jiří Adamíra as Narrator (voice)

Jan Schánilec as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov (voice)

Jiří Samek as Helmuth von Moltke (voice)

Petr Pelzer as Count István Tisza (voice)

Soběslav Sejk as Count Karl Stürgh (voice)

Karel Pospíšil as Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (voice)

Pavel Soukup as Lord Edward Grey (voice)

Libuše Geprtová as Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (voice)

Rudolf Pellar as Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès (voice)

Ilona Svobodová as Maid with a Dress (voice)

Oldřich Janovský as German Crown Councillor (voice)

Karel Hlušička as German Crown Councillor (voice)

Pavel Pípal as Russian General (voice)

Jiří Pleskot as Mitič (voice)

Boris Rösner as Adjutant to Wilhelm II (voice)

Vlastimil Zavřel as Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)

Josef Velda as Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)

Pavel Rímský as Adjutant to Nicholas II

Bedřich Šetena as Jules Cambon (voice)

Karel Chromík as German Ship Captain (voice)

Ferdinand Krůta as German Court Physician (voice)

Jaroslav Vágner as German General (voice)

Vladimír Kudla as Russian Officer (voice)

Bohuslav Kalva as Russian Doorman (voice)

Josef Nedorost as German Sailor (voice)

Luděk Nešleha as Russian Lieutenant (voice)