Samson

The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the face of prejudice. Now he stands up for his right to survive, and in so doing represents the fighting spirit that culminated in the Warsaw Uprising.

Serge Merlin

Alina Janowska

Elżbieta Kępińska

(Kazia, Malina's Niece)

Jan Ciecierski

(Józef Malina)

Tadeusz Bartosik

("Professor" Pankrat)

Władysław Kowalski

(Fiałka / Jakub Gold (voice))

Irena Netto

(Jakub's Mother)

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Jan Ibel

Bogumił Antczak

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Wiesława Chojkowska

(Wiśka (uncredited))

Edmund Fetting

(Zygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited))

Roland Głowacki

(Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited))

Andrzej Herder

(Gestapo Officer (uncredited))

Zygmunt Hübner

(Gestapo Officer (uncredited))

Zofia Jamry

(Woman Blackmailing Malina (uncredited))

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

(Professor at a Lecture (uncredited))

Zbigniew Józefowicz

(Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited))

Edward Kowalczyk

(Policeman (uncredited))

Zygmunt Listkiewicz

Jerzy Łapiński

(Caroller (uncredited))

Zdzisław Maklakiewicz

(ONR Member (uncredited))

Zygmunt Malawski

(Printer (uncredited))

Roman Polanski

(Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited))

Ryszard Pracz

Ryszard Ronczewski

(Prison Guard (uncredited))

Magda Teresa Wójcik

(Woman at Lucyna's Party (uncredited))

Tomasz Zaliwski

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Andrzej Żuławski

(Killed Student (uncredited))