"In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies."
Tadeusz Łomnicki
as Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski / Halim (voice)
Magdalena Zawadzka
as Barbara Jeziorkowska
Mieczysław Pawlikowski
as Jan Onufry Zagłoba
Hanka Bielicka
as Makowiecka
Barbara Brylska
as Krystyna 'Krzysia' Drohojowska
Irena Karel
as Ewka Nowowiejska
Jan Nowicki
as Ketling-Hassling of Elgin
Daniel Olbrychski
as Azja Tuhaj-Bejowicz (Mellechowicz)
Marek Perepeczko
as Adam Nowowiejski
Mariusz Dmochowski
as Hetman Jan Sobieski
Władysław Hańcza
as Old Nowowiejski
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Sergeant Luśnia
Tadeusz Schmidt
as Snitko
Andrzej Szczepkowski
as Bishop Lanckoroński
Leonard Andrzejewski
as Halim
Bogusz Bilewski
as Colonel
Aleksander Gąssowski
as
Wiktor Grotowicz
as General Potocki
Jerzy Kaczmarek
as Man dancing with Ewka
Tadeusz Kosudarski
as Nobleman
Andrzej Osadziński
as Man listening to Luśnia's Ballad
Andrzej Piątkowski
as Turk fighting with Wołodyjowski
Andrzej Przeździecki
as Bandit
Ryszard Ronczewski
Tadeusz Somogi
as Potocki's Envoy
Witold Skaruch
as Monk with Keys
Gustaw Holoubek
as Priest Kamiński (voice) (uncredited)
Jerzy Kozłowski
as (uncredited)
Czesław Magnowski
Jan Tesarz
as Chreptiów Soldier (uncredited)
Ryszard Wachowski
Jerzy Groszang
Production Design
Wojciech Krysztofiak
Andrzej Markowski
Music
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography
Jerzy Trojan
Assistant Director
Jan Ossowski
Assistant Camera
Bohdan Ziółkowski
Eugeniusz Gąsiorowski
Assistant Set Decoration
Lech Kowalewski
Sound Assistant
Zygmunt Nowak
Maria Pietrzak
Co-Director
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Jan Płażewski
Assistant Makeup Artist
Ryszard Francman
Stunts
Stanislaw Matuszewski
Teresa Olszewska
Alina Faflik
Editor
Anna Rubińska
Wacław Raszko
Karol Dąbrowski
First Assistant Director
Lech Zahorski
Costume Design
Andrzej Czekalski
Andrzej Gronau
Camera Operator
Stefan Pindelski
Jerzy Bialek
Józef Tomporek
Anna Śmiech
Makeup Artist
Anna Iżykowska-Mironowicz
Music Consultant
Leszek Wronko
Sound
Marian Gańcza
Krzysztof Łagodzic
Jakub Goldberg
Leonard Mokicz
Set Decoration
Maria Karmolińska
Costume Assistant
Tadeusz Schossler
Jerzy Szeski
Armorer
Jadwiga Hryniewiecka
Choreographer
Aleksander Fridel
Zbigniew Janicki
Jerzy Hoffman
Director
Magdalena Biernawska-Teslawska
Zdzislaw Staszewski
Assistant Production Design
Jolanta Jedynak
Edward Burba
Production Manager
Maria Rychlewska
Production Consultant
Zdzisław Roliński
Bożena Grun
Wielislawa Piotrowska
Assistant Production Manager
Ignacy Gaworkiewicz
M. Szeska
Franciszek Trzaskowski
Wojciech Karmolinski
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Novel
Jerzy Lutowski
Screenplay
Adam Kersten
Jerzy Rozłucki
Assistant Editor
Leszek Kukulski
Grzegorz Woźniak
Marek Piotrowski
Animal Coordinator
Kazimierz Konieczny
Jan Kucharski
Kazimierz Sioma
Aleksander Czerwiński
Jerzy Teodorczyk
Jerzy Szablowski
Wilhelm Hollender
Helena Nowicka
Jan Wimmer