"The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict."
Bronisław Pawlik
as Gabriel Tomicki
Barbara Krafftówna
as Florentyna
Ryszarda Hanin
as Helena
Igor Śmiałowski
as Stanisław Dog-Leśniewski
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Commandant
Aleksander Fogiel
as Taborek
Zdzisław Karczewski
as General
Emil Karewicz
as Colonel Suchecki
Wacław Kowalski
as Hawrot
Irena Laskowska
as Attorney's Wife
Ignacy Machowski
as Cabinet's Secretary
Hanna Małkowska
as Emilka
Andrzej May
as Pinkiewicz
Leon Niemczyk
as Leukamer
Marian Opania
as Sznitko
Alfreda Passendorfer
as
Bogusław Sochnacki
as Sergeant
Tadeusz Somogi
as Soldier
Mieczysław Stoor
as Colonel Wołodia
Roman Sykała
as Sturmbannfuhrer
Anna Wesołowska
Bogumił Antczak
as Tomicki's Neighbour (uncredited)
Kazimierz Dębicki
as Recruit Leader (uncredited)
Bohdan Ejmont
as Volunteer (uncredited)
Wiktor Grotowicz
as Ministry Clerk (uncredited)
Jerzy Janeczek
as Soldier (uncredited)
Eugeniusz Kamiński
as General's Adjutant (uncredited)
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Andrzej Krasicki
Janusz Kubicki
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski
as Man in front of the Command (uncredited)
Józef Łodyński
as Tomicki's Assistant (uncredited)
Bohdana Majda
as Woman in Shelter (uncredited)
Czesław Piaskowski
as Caretaker (uncredited)
Sylwester Przedwojewski
as Soldier choosing Volunteers (uncredited)
Andrzej Siedlecki
as Student (uncredited)
Stanisław Tylczyński
as Presidium Member (uncredited)
Marian Wojtczak
as (uncredited)
Wojciech Zagórski
Ewa Zdzieszyńska
Antoni Żukowski
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Music
Jerzy Putrament
Short Story
Ludomir Motylski
Assistant Director
Sylwester Szyszko
First Assistant Director
Kazimierz Konrad
Director of Photography
Alicja Ptaszyńska
Costume Assistant
Felicja Rogowska
Editor
Jerzy Pękalski
Assistant Editor
Henryk Bielski
Halina Sulkowska
Assistant Production Design
Edward Grochulski
Costume Design
Stefan Marczyk
Conductor
Gabriel Karski
Leonard Księżak
Sound
Eugeniusz Gawrysiak
Assistant Camera
Jolanta Komorowska
Zdzislaw Staszewski
Zbigniew Hartwig
Camera Operator
Adam T. Nowakowski
Production Design
Anna Śmiech
Makeup Artist
Janina Sękowska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jerzy Laskowski
Assistant Production Manager
Edward Szymański
Tadeusz Chojnacki
Mieczysława Kaut
Script Supervisor
J. Nowakowski
Production Consultant
Edward Zajiček
Production Manager
Józef Hen
Screenplay
Ewa Petelska
Director
Czesław Petelski