Ola Johansson as Sammeli Näljänkä

Matti Mäntylä as Einari Haataja

Marjukka Arasola as Marja

Martti Järvinen as Jussi Holopainen

Kauko Helovirta as Paavo Jyrkänne

Aarre Karén as Väinö Volontinen

Helge Herala as Häivä

Ahti Kuoppala as Jooseppi Heikkinen

Pentti Irjala as Taavitsainen

Marja Myllylä as Sinikka Haataja

Sakari Jurkka as Kaarlo Manninen

Saara Ranin as Mother Näljänkä

Uljas Kandolin as Topi Taavitsainen

Paavo Takkinen as Kustaa Ketonen

Jukka Blomqvist as Niemi

Kalevi Haapoja as Antti Ala-Riistola

Esko Mattila as Otto Miettinen

Martti Tschokkinen as Härkönen

Veikko Uusimäki as Stationmaster in Oulu

Gustav Wiklund as Conductor

Christina Indrenius-Zalewski as Doris

Juha Kandolin as Border guard officer

Kalle Paananen as Stationmaster in Seinäjoki

Yrjö Parjanne as Station official in Vainikkala