"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
Anna Sikorzak-Oklek
Musician
Jacek Kasprzyk
Conductor
Ryszard Paluch
Props
Wiesław Murzański
Marian Gańcza
Stunts
Danuta Węgrzyn
Assistant Production Design
Piotr Rucki
Translator
Tony Grisoni
Writer
Jarosław Marszewski
Second Assistant Director
Ryszard Bartczak
Piotr Wilczyński
Henryk Wieczerzak
Marek Piestrak
John Goldsmith
Wacław Wiszniowski
Stunt Coordinator
Uri Orlev
Novel
Danuta Skarszewska
Script
Stanisław Zub
Sławomir Maślanka
Sound Effects
Ian Wilson
Director of Photography
Leszek Możdżer
Magdalena Badura
Production Coordinator
Małgorzata Stypułkowska
Costume Assistant
Grażyna Sobaczykówna
Music Producer
Ryszard Burhart
Marian Strus
Acting Double
Anna Czarska
Tomasz Zawada
Andrzej Piwowarczyk
Stanisław Znajko
Aleksander Bajkowski
Rafał Widajewicz
Assistant Production Manager
Andrzej Stachecki
Production Manager
Dariusz Struszczak
Alex Scherer
Production Design
Barbara Śródka-Makówka
Costume Design
Andrzej Rafał Waltenberger
Tim Lewis
First Assistant Director