Zbigniew Cybulski as Paweł Jańczak

Joanna Szczerbic as Majka Plater

Teresa Szmigielówna as Wanda

Tadeusz Schmidt as Godlewski

Jacek Domański as Bronek

Tadeusz Gwiazdowski as Chairman

Zygmunt Kęstowicz as Journalist

Wacław Kowalski as Fruńka

Leon Niemczyk as Referee

Andrzej Olszański as Konrad Werner

Józef Pieracki as Referee

Alicja Sędzińska as Secretary

Witold Pyrkosz as Journalist (voice) (uncredited)

Jan Kulka as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)