"An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself."
Jan Kreczmar
as Tadeusz
Zbigniew Cybulski
as Maciek
Ignacy Gogolewski
as Doctor Zygmunt Gross
Irena Horecka
as Helena Kunicka
Janusz Kłosiński
as Bookstore Manager
Barbara Krafftówna
as Jadwiga
Wacław Kowalski
as Madeja
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Pieczara
Władysław Dewoyno
as Train Waiter
Adam Dzieszyński
as Hotel Receptionist
Janusz Gajos
as Monk
Stefania Kołodziejczyk
as Waitress
Irma Kozłowska
as Caretaker
Zofia Merle
as Wacka
Irena Orska
as Neighbour
Jadwiga Skupnik
as Phone Operator
Irena Eichlerówna
as Zofia
Leopold Rene Nowak
as Gestapo Officer / Man on the Street (uncredited)
Kazimierz Ostrowicz
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Director
Zofia Dwornik
Editor
Witold Sobociński
Camera Operator
Maria Szafran
Set Decoration
Wojciech Solarz
First Assistant Director
Lidia Skarżyńska
Costume Design
Bohdan Bieńkowski
Sound
Stanisław Radwan
Music
Anna Włodarczyk
Makeup Artist
Jerzy Skarżyński
Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Production Design
Wiesława Borecka
Assistant Production Manager
Krzysztof Penderecki
Ryszard Straszewski
Production Manager
Albert Kuchnia
Assistant Production Design
Wanda Wojnar-Iliew
Marek Dobrowolski
Andrzej Kijowski
Story
Screenplay
Mieczysław Jahoda
Director of Photography
Karol Dąbrowski
Assistant Director
Danuta Bonikowska
Assistant Editor
Eugenia Jaśkiewicz
Alicja Wasilewska
Assistant Costume Designer
Julian Magda
Assistant Camera
Tadeusz Domiczek
Assistant Makeup Artist
Halina Garus
Kazimierz Siczek
Sound Assistant
Mieczysław Sitarz
Documentation & Support
Jan Franciszczak
Janusz Przybylski
Conductor