"Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland."
Olaf Lubaszenko
as Rysiek Lewandowski
Henryk Bista
as Rustecki
Bronisław Pawlik
as Biliński
Jerzy Kryszak
as Jędras
Witold Pyrkosz
as Sęczek
Zdzisław Kozień
as Orzechowski
Roman Kłosowski
as Stefan Kibała
Marek Lewandowski
as Kamiński
Antonina Gordon-Górecka
as Kamiński's mother
Leon Niemczyk
as Borkowski
Ryszard Mróz
as Małecki
Zofia Merle
as Masłowska
Piotr Jankowski
as Child Rysiek
Józef Nalberczak
as Andrzejczak
Jerzy Rogalski
as Kibała's man
Piotr Różański
as
Jan Machulski
as Herbinger
Zbigniew Framer
as Bar Singer
Elżbieta Panas
Władysław Komar
as Zieliński
Ludwik Benoit
as Cloakroom Attendant
Emil Karewicz
as Cavalry Captain
Alicja Jachiewicz
as Rysiek's mother
Ryszard Kotys
as Acting Director
Justyna Zbiróg
Mirosława Marcheluk
as Zielińska
Stefan Paska
Eugeniusz Karczewski
Jarosław Gruda
as Herbinger's chaffeur
Dariusz Rybicki
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
as Rysiek's father
Zbigniew Buczkowski
as Kibała's friend
Witold Dederko
as Old Man
Janina Niesobska
as Elderly Dancer
Zofia Czerwińska
as Trolley Passenger
Iwona Głębicka
as (as Iwona Głębocka)
Andrzej Precigs
as Meeting Member
Hanna Bedryńska
Zdzisław Rychter
as Pimp
Alfred Freudenheim
as Arresting Officer
Piotr Siejka
Tadeusz Wojtych
as Man Unloading Cement
Tomasz Brzezinski
as Man Hitting Rysiek (uncredited)
Jerzy Rogowski
as Faciak (uncredited)
Jacek Romanczuk
as (uncredited)
Stefan Wójcicki
as Gendarme (uncredited)
Marek Hłasko
Novel
Bronisław Wrocławski
Makeup & Hair
Wielislawa Piotrowska
Production Manager
Jerzy Ridan
Screenplay
Andrzej Jeziorek
Director of Photography
Elżbieta Radke
Costume Design
Józef Rychlik
Sound
Andrzej Przedworski
Production Design
Jerzy Blaszyński
Stanisław Piotrowski
Jarosław Wołejko
Editor
Ewa Tarnowska
Interior Designer
Director
