As the Germans invade Poland Jewish Ruth and her mother are trapped by the oncoming Nazis. When they are loaded onto a truck for transportation to a ghetto, Ruth is told by her mother to jump from the truck at the first chance and to make her way to relatives in Warsaw. While the war progresses Ruth tries to survive and grow up.
Sharon Brauner
Anna Dymna
Günter Lamprecht
Mathieu Carrière
Ryszarda Hanin
Alicja Jachiewicz
Emilia Krakowska
Barbara Ludwiżanka
Halina Łabonarska
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Włodzimierz Boruński
Piotr Fronczewski
Janusz Gajos
Włodzimierz Nowak
Marian Opania
Bruno O'Ya
Michał Szwejlich
Leszek Teleszyński
Jerzy Trela
Edward Żentara
Bogusław Sochnacki
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Maciej Kozłowski