Krystyna Janda

Character: Agnieszka

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Character: Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Character: Jerzy Burski

Jacek Lomnicki

Character: Jerzy Burski (young)

Michał Tarkowski

Character: Witek

Piotr Cieślak

Character: Michalak

Wiesław Wójcik

Character: Jodła

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Character: Hanka Tomczyk

Magda Teresa Wójcik

Character: Editor

Bogusław Sobczuk

Character: TV Editor

Leonard Zajączkowski

Character: Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP

Jacek Domański

Character: Sound Man

Zdzisław Kozień

Character: Agnieszka's Father

Irena Laskowska

Character: Museum Worker

Wiesław Drzewicz

Character: Hanka's Husband

Kazimierz Kaczor

Character: UB Colonel

Ewa Ziętek

Character: Colonel's Secretary

Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta

Character: Blonde

Andrzej Grąziewicz

Character: Judge

Edmund Karwański

Character: Prosecutor

Stefania Kornacka

Character:

Henryk Łapiński

Character: Marcin Pawlusiak

Jerzy Moniak

Character: Engineer Moniak

Irena Oberska

Character: Zakopane Houseekeper

Zbigniew Płoszaj

Character: Chronicle Sound Man

Juliusz Roland

Character: Mieczysław Hertz

Maciej Rayzacher

Character: ZMP Meeting Chairman

Grzegorz Skurski

Character: Agnieszka's Driver

Dorota Stalińska

Character: Photojournalist in Okęcie

Zdzisław Szymborski

Character: Boardroom Member

Mariusz Świgoń

Character: Construction Technician

Krystyna Wolańska

Character: Marysia's Guardian

Andrzej Wykrętowicz

Character: Jan Wołodkiewicz

Feliks Falk

Character: Film Director (uncredited)

Stanisław Frąckowiak

Character: Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)

Witold Holtz

Character: Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)

Krzysztof Kiersznowski

Character: Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)

Jarosław Kopaczewski

Character: Worker (uncredited)

Ilona Łepkowska

Character: Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited)

Stanisław Michalik

Character: Judge (uncredited)

Mieczysław Grąbka

Character: Chronicle Narrator (voice)

Andrzej Seweryn

Character: Record Beating Announcer (voice)

Agnieszka Holland

Character: Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)