"A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres."
Andrzej Kopiczyński
as Mikołaj Kopernik
Barbara Wrzesińska
as Anna Schilling
Czesław Wołłejko
as Łukasz Watzenrode
Andrzej Antkowiak
as Andrzej Kopernik
Klaus-Peter Thiele
as Jerzy Joachim Retyk
Henryk Boukołowski
as Cardinal Hipolit d'Este
Hannjo Hasse
as Ossiander
Henryk Borowski
as Tiedemann Giese
Jadwiga Chojnacka
as Kacper's Mother
Aleksander Fogiel
as Matz Schilling
Emilia Krakowska
as Kacper's Wife
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Jan Dantyszek
Leszek Herdegen
as Mateusz
Witold Pyrkosz
as Płotowski
Wiktor Sadecki
as Wojciech of Brudzew
Leonard Andrzejewski
as Knight
W. Anton
as
Jolanta Bohdal
as Krystyna
Bogusz Bilewski
as Burgrave
Janusz Bylczyński
as Celio Calcagnini
Joanna Biesiada
Władysław Dewoyno
as Surgery Patient
Aleksander Gąssowski
as Kraków Academy Lecturer
Jerzy Grałek
as Nobleman Killed By Teutonic Knights
Ewa Jastrzębowska
Tadeusz Jurasz
Wacław Kowalski
as Dołuski
Andrzej Krasicki
as Dungeons Supervisor
Andrzej Kozak
as Bartolomeo Costa
Herbert Körbs
Józef Łodyński
as Jester
Leon Niemczyk
as Don Alonso
Leopold Rene Nowak
as Lodovico
Anna Nehrebecka
as Diana d'Este
Maria Nowotarska
as Graziosa Maggi
Czesław Piaskowski
Angelika Ritter
Ryszard Ronczewski
Tadeusz Somogi
as Watzenrode's Servant
Franciszek Targowski
as Jan of Głogów
Joachim Tomaschewsky
as Petreius
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
as Teutonic Order Envoy
Hans-Georg Türk
Zinaida Zagner
Leon Załuga
Janusz Dziubiński
as (uncredited)
Jerzy Fedorowicz
as Scholar (uncredited)
Tadeusz Kunikowski
Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Jerzy Łapiński
as Knight (uncredited)
Czesław Magnowski
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Jerzy Nowak
as Man At Funeral (uncredited)
Bruno O'Ya
as Color Bearer (uncredited)
Jerzy Stasiuk
as Town Citizen (uncredited)
Jerzy Trela
Marzena Trybała
Marian Kołodziej
Costume Design
Leonard Księżak
Sound
Roman Kęsikowski
Makeup Artist
Jerzy Skrzepiński
Production Design
Wiesław Grzelczak
Production Manager
Lech Zahorski
Hans Mahlich
Czesław Petelski
Director
Wera Karmowska
Assistant Director
Henryk Bielski
First Assistant Director
Zdzisław Skowroński
Screenplay
Bohdan Ziółkowski
Jerzy Broszkiewicz
Sylwester Szyszko
Stanisław Moruzgała
Assistant Production Design
Jacek Malipan
Camera Operator
Danuta Polis
Assistant Costume Designer
Witold Krysztoforski
Assistant Editor
Wiesława Borecka
Assistant Production Manager
Jacek Stachlewski
Jerzy Klimkiewicz
Assistant Camera
Leonarda Snitko
Costume Assistant
Heike Bauersfeld
Tadeusz Sowicki
Stunts
Jerzy Zieliński
Anna Bekier
Marian Biskup
Production Consultant
Józef Letkier
Anna Iżykowska-Mironowicz
Music Consultant
Kazimierz Libin
Piotr Dudzinski
Jerzy Sikorski
Jerzy Szczecinski
Sound Assistant
Teodor Grymaszewski
Assistant Makeup Artist
Antonina Jelicz
Andrzej Borecki
Eugeniusz Gąsiorowski
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Jerzy Szeski
Armorer
Janina Sękowska
Józef Grzeszczak
Czesław Jacenko
Tadeusz Chojnacki
Hieronim Langner
Jerzy Dobrzycki
Jan Bieniewski
Konstanty Tarnowski
Zdzislaw Mrozowicz
Bogusław Kobierski
Kurt Tauchmann
Antoni Byszewski
Heinz Fröhlich
Jerzy Pietrzyk
Karol Estreicher
Anita Schultze
Ewa Petelska
Felicja Rogowska
Editor
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Original Music Composer
Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz
Director of Photography