Wojciech Pszoniak as Henryk Goldszmit vel Janusz Korczak

Ewa Dałkowska as Stefania 'Stefa' Wilczynska

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska as Maryna Rogowska-Falska

Marzena Trybała as Estera

Piotr Kozłowski as Heniek

Zbigniew Zamachowski as Ichak Szulc

Jan Peszek as Max Bauer

Aleksander Bardini as Adam Czerniaków

Maria Chwalibóg as Czerniaków's wife

Andrzej Kopiczyński as Dyrektor w Polskim Radiu

Krystyna Zachwatowicz as Szloma's mother

Wojciech Klata as Szloma

Agnieszka Krukówna as Ewka

Jerzy Zass as German wachman on the bridge

Anna Mucha as Sabinka

Janusz Bukowski as Polish doctor in prison

Robert Atzorn as German Doctor

Stanisława Celińska as Sklepowa

Ewa Telega as Byla wychowanka Korczaka

Olaf Lubaszenko as Tramwajarz

Zygmunt Kęstowicz as Piotr Zalewski

Danuta Szaflarska as Mrs. Bauer, Max's mother

Katarzyna Łaniewska as Pracownica w sierocincu Korczaka

Włodzimierz Press as Zyd na ulicy getta

Michał Staszczak as Józek