"The film is based on the well-known, translated into many languages novel of writer Pawel Huelle. It is imbued with nostalgia and the atmosphere of mystery story of a group of children, fascinated by the figure of a man named David Weiser."
Marek Kondrat
as Pawel Heller
Krystyna Janda
as Elka
Juliane Köhler
as Juliana, narzeczona Pawła
Teresa Marczewska
as sędzia prowadząca śledztwo w sprawie wybuchu
Zbigniew Zamachowski
as Kołota, kierownik szkoły
Krzysztof Globisz
as Szymek Pałta
Michael Mendl
as wariat
Mariusz Benoit
as dzielnicowy
Marian Opania
as ksiądz proboszcz
Michał Pawlicki
as dziadek Dawida
Piotr Fronczewski
as Piotr Korolewski
Magdalena Cielecka
as urzędniczka biura meldunkowego
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
as sąsiadka Szymka
Jarosław Gajewski
as lekarz, sąsiad Pawła
Janusz Gajos
as antykwariusz
Olga Frycz
as Elka Bereda w latach 50-tych / Rachela, córka Elki
Andrzej Basiukiewicz
as Dawid Weiser
Ewa Wencel
as matka Elki
Leszek Możdżer
as muzyk na dworcu
Jacek Braciak
as taksówkarz
Artur Bartos
as
Krzysztof Ptak
Director of Photography
Andrzej Kowalczyk
Production Design
Anna Wunderlich
Set Decoration
Magdalena Biedrzycka
Costume Design
Zbigniew Preisner
Music
Marek Wronko
Sound
Joanna Napieralska
Mariusz Kuczynski
François Musy
Milenia Fiedler
Editor
Maria Dziewulska
Makeup Artist
Jolanta Szklarek
Esmé Sciaroni
Paweł Mantorski
Production Manager
Karin Wegmann
Jutta Paarmann
Krzysztof Zanussi
Producer
Wojciech Marczewski
Director
Dorota Kośmicka-Gacke
Co-Producer
Adam Nowakowski
Props
Pawel Huelle
Novel
Tony Grisoni
Writer
Screenplay
Maciej Strzembosz
Jan Dworak