Don Gabriel

The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.

Bronisław Pawlik

(Gabriel Tomicki)

Barbara Krafftówna

Ryszarda Hanin

Igor Śmiałowski

(Stanisław Dog-Leśniewski)

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

Aleksander Fogiel

Zdzisław Karczewski

Emil Karewicz

(Colonel Suchecki)

Wacław Kowalski

Irena Laskowska

(Attorney's Wife)

Ignacy Machowski

(Cabinet's Secretary)

Hanna Małkowska

Andrzej May

Leon Niemczyk

Marian Opania

Alfreda Passendorfer

Bogusław Sochnacki

Tadeusz Somogi

Mieczysław Stoor

(Colonel Wołodia)

Roman Sykała

(Sturmbannfuhrer)

Anna Wesołowska

Bogumił Antczak

(Tomicki's Neighbour (uncredited))

Kazimierz Dębicki

(Recruit Leader (uncredited))

Bohdan Ejmont

(Volunteer (uncredited))

Wiktor Grotowicz

(Ministry Clerk (uncredited))

Jerzy Janeczek

(Soldier (uncredited))

Eugeniusz Kamiński

(General's Adjutant (uncredited))

Krzysztof Kieślowski

(Soldier (uncredited))

Andrzej Krasicki

(Tomicki's Neighbour (uncredited))

Janusz Kubicki

(Soldier (uncredited))

Włodzimierz Kwaskowski

(Sergeant (uncredited))

Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski

(Man in front of the Command (uncredited))

Józef Łodyński

(Tomicki's Assistant (uncredited))

Bohdana Majda

(Woman in Shelter (uncredited))

Czesław Piaskowski

(Caretaker (uncredited))

Sylwester Przedwojewski

(Soldier choosing Volunteers (uncredited))

Andrzej Siedlecki

(Student (uncredited))

Stanisław Tylczyński

(Presidium Member (uncredited))

Marian Wojtczak

Wojciech Zagórski

(Tomicki's Neighbour (uncredited))

Ewa Zdzieszyńska

(Woman in Shelter (uncredited))

Antoni Żukowski

(Tomicki's Neighbour (uncredited))