Karel Höger as Engineer Otakar Racek

Vlasta Chramostová as Vlasta, Racek's wife

Jaroslav Someš as Bedřich, the eldest son of the Raceks

Jaroslav Drahan as Mirek, the younger son of the Raceks

Zdeněk Dítě as resistance fighter Ondřej Rýdl

Soňa Neumannová as Racková, Otakar's mother

Otomar Krejča as Deputy Rudolf Kadera

František Holar as Gestapo

Jindřich Narenta as Gestapo

Stanislav Neumann as doorman Dobeš

Josef Bek as supervisor Josef Frouz

Vlasta Vlasáková as Tonička, Frouz's wife

Gustav Heverle as eng. Kubišta

Josef Mráz as

Jana Dítětová as worker Zdenka, Pour's wife

Vladimír Hlavatý as Tomeš

Jaroslav Mareš as detektiv Brotánek

Felix le Breux as owner of the detective agency Alois Barvík

Rudolf Deyl as jr. caretaker

Věra Kalendová as worker

Emil Kavan as chimney-sweep

Miloš Vavruška as resistance fighter Berka

Marie Kratochvílová as Nazist

Marcela Sedláčková as secretary Müllerová

Václav Postránecký as Jarda, son of the Frouzs

Marta Májová as woman on the street

Gustav Hrdlička as clerk

Miroslav Moravec as german soldier

Martin Skyba as german soldier