A story about the life of a woman, two men of her life and her son, Janek Garbus, seen through the eyes of the latter - "conceived by an NKVD uncle on the night after the Soviet army entered".
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Olaf LubaszenkoJanek | Janek |
 Edward Linde-LubaszenkoAntek | Antek |
 Bogusław LindaEwald | Ewald |
 Marzena TrybałaMaria | Maria |
 Katarzyna SkrzyneckaYoung Maria | Young Maria |
 Sergei YurskyApfelbaum | Apfelbaum |
 Olga KaboNadia Apfelbaum | Nadia Apfelbaum |
 Anna MajcherLidka | Lidka |
 Andrzej GrabarczykFrancik | Francik |
 Aleksandr MedvedevZdenek | Zdenek |
 Bernard KrawczykNowotny | Nowotny |
 Barbara BabilińskaGreta Nowotny | Greta Nowotny |
 Jan BógdołFather | Father |
 Adam SiemionYoung Janek | Young Janek |
 Yuriy KuznetsovColonel | Colonel |
 Anatoly SlivnikovSoviet soldier | Soviet soldier |
 Nikolai UstinovSoviet soldier | Soviet soldier |
| JJolanta FajkowskaReporter in Airport | Reporter in Airport |
| MMagdalena WołłejkoAssistant (uncredited) | Assistant (uncredited) |