Bronisław Pawlik, Barbara Krafftówna, Ryszarda Hanin, Igor Śmiałowski, Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Aleksander Fogiel, Zdzisław Karczewski, Emil Karewicz, Wacław Kowalski, Irena Laskowska, Ignacy Machowski, Hanna Małkowska, Andrzej May, Leon Niemczyk, Marian Opania
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.