"The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation."
Marian Rułka
as Władek Kulesza (segment 1)
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
as Stefan "Franek" Korsak (segment 1)
Adam Kwiatkowski
as Wacek (segment 1)
Ignacy Gogolewski
as Derka (segment 1)
Władysław Staszewski
as majster Molenda (segment 1)
Henryk Dudziński
as Lieutenant Malewicz (segment 1)
Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski
as Engineer Stefan (segment 1)
Wiktor Sadecki
as Nowak (segment 1)
Szczepan Baczyński
as Factory Director (segment 1)
Roman Kłosowski
as SP Worker (segment 1)
Leon Łuszczewski
as Saboteurs Commander (segment 1)
Marian Stanisławski
as MO Officer (segment 1)
Władysław Staniszewski
Antoni Wichura
as (segment 1)
Teresa Szmigielówna
as Field Nurse (segment 1)
Lech Pietrasz
as Jacek Kowalski (segment 2)
Tomasz Zaliwski
as Jędrek (segment 2)
Bogumił Kobiela
as Grześ (segment 2)
Jan Bratkowski
as Stefan Makowski (segment 2)
Antoni Lewek
as Kuźma (segment 2)
Jerzy Kaczmarek
as Fight Starter (segment 2)
Zbigniew Korepta
as (segment 2)
Stanisław Michalski
as Beatnik (segment 2)
Roman Polanski
as Genek "Mały" (segment 2)
Irena Szramowska
Ryszard Ostromęcki
Ferdynand Matysik
as Adam (segment 3)
Kazimierz Sus
as Kazik Martyniak (segment 3)
Katarzyna Łaniewska
as Maryna (segment 3)
Wanda Szczepanska
as Wierzbicka (segment 3)
Józef Pilarski
as Wojciech Wierzbicki (segment 3)
Kazimierz Opaliński
as Nowicki (segment 3)
Janina Draczewska
as Bobrowa (segment 3)
Jerzy Antczak
as Rafał (segment 3)
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
as Karolak (segment 3)
Stanislaw Libner
as Agitator (segment 3)
Jan Machulski
as SP Worker (segment 3) (uncredited)
Konrad Nałęcki
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Writer
Czesław Petelski
Wojciech Krysztofiak
Production Design
Bohdan Czeszko
Teresa Tomaszewska
Makeup Artist
Jan Radlicz
Sound
Joanna Rojewska
Editor
Maria Papińska
Zygmunt Król
Production Manager
Ewa Petelska
Antoni Bohdziewicz
Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz
Director of Photography
Tomasz Kiesewetter
Original Music Composer
Jerzy Lipman
Czesław Świrta
Zbigniew Czajkowski