"In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies."
Tadeusz Łomnicki
as Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski / Halim (voice)
Magdalena Zawadzka
as Barbara Jeziorkowska
Mieczysław Pawlikowski
as Jan Onufry Zagłoba
Hanka Bielicka
as Makowiecka
Barbara Brylska
as Krystyna 'Krzysia' Drohojowska
Irena Karel
as Ewka Nowowiejska
Jan Nowicki
as Ketling-Hassling of Elgin
Daniel Olbrychski
as Azja Tuhaj-Bejowicz (Mellechowicz)
Marek Perepeczko
as Adam Nowowiejski
Mariusz Dmochowski
as Hetman Jan Sobieski
Władysław Hańcza
as Old Nowowiejski
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Sergeant Luśnia
Tadeusz Schmidt
as Snitko
Andrzej Szczepkowski
as Bishop Lanckoroński
Leonard Andrzejewski
as Halim
Bogusz Bilewski
as Colonel
Aleksander Gąssowski
as
Wiktor Grotowicz
as General Potocki
Jerzy Kaczmarek
as Man dancing with Ewka
Tadeusz Kosudarski
as Nobleman
Andrzej Osadziński
as Man listening to Luśnia's Ballad
Andrzej Piątkowski
as Turk fighting with Wołodyjowski
Andrzej Przeździecki
as Bandit
Ryszard Ronczewski
Tadeusz Somogi
as Potocki's Envoy
Witold Skaruch
as Monk with Keys
Gustaw Holoubek
as Priest Kamiński (voice) (uncredited)
Jerzy Kozłowski
as (uncredited)
Czesław Magnowski
Jan Tesarz
as Chreptiów Soldier (uncredited)
Ryszard Wachowski
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography
Wojciech Krysztofiak
Production Design
Jerzy Groszang
Andrzej Markowski
Music
Co-Director
Andrzej Czekalski
First Assistant Director
Karol Dąbrowski
Jakub Goldberg
Maria Pietrzak
Assistant Director
Bohdan Ziółkowski
Jerzy Trojan
Teresa Olszewska
Andrzej Gronau
Camera Operator
Stefan Pindelski
Jerzy Bialek
Assistant Camera
Jan Ossowski
Stanislaw Matuszewski
Leonard Mokicz
Set Decoration
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Assistant Set Decoration
Eugeniusz Gąsiorowski
Lech Zahorski
Costume Design
Maria Karmolińska
Costume Assistant
Jerzy Szeski
Armorer
Anna Iżykowska-Mironowicz
Music Consultant
Jadwiga Hryniewiecka
Choreographer
Leszek Wronko
Sound
Lech Kowalewski
Sound Assistant
Józef Tomporek
Zygmunt Nowak
Alina Faflik
Editor
Anna Rubińska
Tadeusz Schossler
Makeup Artist
Anna Śmiech
Jan Płażewski
Assistant Makeup Artist
Stunts
Ryszard Francman
Aleksander Fridel
Marian Gańcza
Zbigniew Janicki
Krzysztof Łagodzic
Wacław Raszko
Jerzy Hoffman
Director
Jerzy Lutowski
Screenplay
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Novel
Zdzisław Roliński
Assistant Production Design
Zdzislaw Staszewski
Jolanta Jedynak
Franciszek Trzaskowski
Ignacy Gaworkiewicz
Bożena Grun
M. Szeska
Magdalena Biernawska-Teslawska
Assistant Editor
Animal Coordinator
Marek Piotrowski
Jerzy Szablowski
Production Consultant
Adam Kersten
Leszek Kukulski
Maria Rychlewska
Jan Wimmer
Kazimierz Konieczny
Jerzy Teodorczyk
Aleksander Czerwiński
Wilhelm Hollender
Production Manager
Edward Burba
Wojciech Karmolinski
Assistant Production Manager
Helena Nowicka
Grzegorz Woźniak
Jan Kucharski
Kazimierz Sioma
Wielislawa Piotrowska
Jerzy Rozłucki