"Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes."
Patrick Bergin
as Stefan
Jordan Kiziuk
as Alex
Jack Warden
as Boruch
James Bolam
as Doctor Studjinsky
Michael Byrne
as Bolek
Stefan Sauk
as Goehler
Suzanna Hamilton
as Stasya's Mother
Marek Grabowski
as Adam
Marcin Herman
as Joseph
Paweł Lauterbach
as Benny
Jacek Milczanowski
as
Paweł Okoński
as Richter
Leon Niemczyk
as Podolski
Jacek Krautforst
as adjutant
Juliusz Chrząstowski
as jewish policeman
Katarzyna Suszyło
as Miriam
Julita Wołoszyńska-Matysek
as Benny's Mother
Maciej Sosnowski
as jewish policeman (uncredited)
Rafał Szałajko
as ghetto Jew (uncredited)
Zbigniew Waleryś
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Director
Zbigniew Preisner
Original Music Composer
Marek Piestrak
Second Assistant Director
Jarosław Marszewski
John Goldsmith
Writer
Tony Grisoni
Uri Orlev
Novel
Ian Wilson
Director of Photography
Danuta Węgrzyn
Assistant Production Design
Ryszard Bartczak
Piotr Wilczyński
Props
Ryszard Paluch
Ryszard Burhart
Stanisław Zub
Henryk Wieczerzak
Małgorzata Stypułkowska
Costume Assistant
Anna Sikorzak-Oklek
Musician
Leszek Możdżer
Wiesław Murzański
Jacek Kasprzyk
Conductor
Grażyna Sobaczykówna
Music Producer
Sławomir Maślanka
Sound Effects
Piotr Rucki
Translator
Wacław Wiszniowski
Stunt Coordinator
Marian Gańcza
Stunts
Andrzej Piwowarczyk
Tomasz Zawada
Stanisław Znajko
Acting Double
Aleksander Bajkowski
Marian Strus
Rafał Widajewicz
Assistant Production Manager
Danuta Skarszewska
Script
Magdalena Badura
Production Coordinator
Anna Czarska
Alex Scherer
Production Design
Andrzej Rafał Waltenberger
Barbara Śródka-Makówka
Costume Design
Andrzej Stachecki
Production Manager
Dariusz Struszczak
Tim Lewis
First Assistant Director