Adolf Dymsza as Nikodem Dyzma

Urszula Modrzyńska as Zula

Tadeusz Gwiazdowski as Gabryś

Kazimierz Fabisiak as Leon Kunicki

Ewa Krasnodębska as Nina Kunicka

Lech Madaliński as Colonel Wacław Wareda

Andrzej Bogucki as Minister Władysław Jaszuński

Edward Dziewoński as Jan Ulanicki

Stanisław Milski as Owsik

Kazimierz Wilamowski as Director Terkowski

Tadeusz Fijewski as Police Chief Jarec

Halina Dobrowolska as Kunicki's Daughter

Zygmunt Chmielewski as Chairman Artur Rakowiecki

Krystyna Ciechomska as Rakowiecka

Jerzy Bielenia as Singer

Antoni Biliczak as

Bolesław Bolkowski as

Seweryn Butrym as Editor

Adam Daniewicz as Ministry of Agriculture Employee

Edmund Fetting as Guest

Aleksander Gąssowski as Prime Minister

Urszula Hałacinska as Lady at a Hotel European Party

Zbigniew Jabłoński as Director Wandryszewski

Emil Karewicz as Commisar Melonek

Lidia Korsakówna as Prostitute at Restaurant

Stanisław Kwaskowski as Man

Barbara Leleniewska as Woydyłło

Małgorzata Lorentowicz as Dobicińska

Karol Leszczyński as Party Guest

Zdzisław Lubelski as Restaurant Owner

Ludmiła Łączyńska as Lolita

Jan Łopuszniak as Ministry of Agriculture Employee

Helena Makowska as Countess Czarska

Józef Matuszewski as

Jerzy Michalewicz as Party Guest

Henryk Modrzewski as Clerk

Leon Niemczyk as Mr. Cox's Interpreter

Maria Nowotarska as Countess Koniecpolska

Janina Niczewska as Lady

Władysław Osto-Suski as Wilski

Kazimierz Pawłowski as Mr. Cox

Eugeniusz Solarski as Koborowo Party Guest

Jarema Stępowski as Counsellor in President's Office

Władysław Staszewski as Ministry of Agriculture Employee

Janusz Ściwiarski as Sausage Seller

Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe as Lady (as Wanda Stanisławska)

Tadeusz Somogi as Lieutenant (as Tadeusz Samogi)

Zofia Szancerowa as Koborowo Party Guest

Józef Teryks as Koborowo Party Guest

Wladyslaw Olszyn as Government Member

Jerzy Walden as Ministry of Agriculture Employee

Lidia Wysocka as Singer

Kazimierz Wichniarz as Wareda's Man

Stefan Witas as Fashion Store Seller

Zygmunt Zintel as Ignacy

Stanisław Bareja as Kunicki's Butler (uncredited)

Maria Chwalibóg as Woman in a Bathtub (uncredited)

Kazimierz Dębicki as Party Guest (uncredited)

Ryszard Filipski as Thief (uncredited)

Mieczysław Gajda as Poor Man (uncredited)

Eugenia Herman as Dyzma's Secretary (uncredited)

Tadeusz Kożusznik as Officer at a Party (uncredited)

Czesław Lasota as Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)

Teresa Lipowska as Woman with the Thief (uncredited)

Gustaw Lutkiewicz as Policeman (uncredited)

Katarzyna Łaniewska as Woman by the Bridge (uncredited)

Anna Lubienska as Duchess Korbut-Wielogłowska (uncredited)

Ludwik Pak as Man by the Bridge (uncredited)

Roman Polanski as Porter (uncredited)

Ryszard Ronczewski as Man at the Bridge Steps (uncredited)

Henryk Rzętkowski as Wrestling Judge (uncredited)

Mieczysław Stoor as Accordionist (uncredited)

Zdzisław Szymański as Drunk Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Tadeusz Teodorczyk as Grain Bank Guard (uncredited)

Edward Wichura as Journalist (uncredited)

Lech Wojciechowski as Guest at Hotel European Party (uncredited)

Tadeusz Woźniak as Minister of Foreign Affairs (uncredited)

Ludwik Wytysiński as (uncredited)