Morten Grunwald as Herbert Nielsen

Ghita Nørby as Bitten Nielsen

Marguerite Viby as Tante Dorit

Bodil Udsen as Tante Karla

Jesper Langberg as Jussi

Karl Stegger as Gustav Stormann

Kirsten Walther as Martha Stormann

Bjørn Puggaard-Müller as Rektor

Poul Bundgaard as Stig Horekær, forlægger

Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen as Fru Jørgensen

Jørgen Kiil as Hr. Dupont

Ole Søltoft as Jørgensen

Kirsten Passer as Frk. Mortensen

Julie Wieth as Lise 'Trille' Nielsen

Christopher Soya as Lasse Nielsen

Jytte Abildstrøm as Gymnastiklærerinde

Caja Heimann as Fru Rothschild

Lise Henningsen as

Thecla Boesen as

Ingrid Langballe as

Valsø Holm as Vejarbejder

Holger Vistisen as Vejarbejder

Ellen Margrethe Stein as

Anne Grete Hilding as

Edith Hermansen as

Susanne Jagd as

Louis Miehe-Renard as

Gunnar Lemvigh as