Krystyna Janda

Janek's Mother (voice)

Andrzej Chyra

Janek's Father (voice)

Maja Ostaszewska

Janek (voice)

Małgorzata Kożuchowska

Fishmonger's Shop Assistant (voice)

Barbara Krafftówna

Mariuszek's Old Mother (voice)

Anna Dymna

Mariuszek's Young Mother (voice)

Marek Kondrat

Mariuszek's Father (voice)

Gustaw Holoubek

Mariuszek's Alter Ego (voice)

Irena Kwiatkowska

Old Woman on the Train (voice)

Andrzej Wajda

Old Man on the Train (voice)

Daniel Olbrychski

Old Man on the Train – Behemot (voice)

Tomasz Stańko

Train Conductor (voice)

Tadeusz Nalepa

Daddy (voice)

Mariusz Wilczyński

Mariuszek (voice)