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
as Ruth
Anna Dymna
as Rachel, ciotka Ruth
Günter Lamprecht
as hauptman Kurt Kleinschmidt, komendant miasta
Mathieu Carrière
as oberstumfuhrer Walter Knoch
Ryszarda Hanin
as siostra Teresa, przełożona klasztoru
Alicja Jachiewicz
as żona Macha
Emilia Krakowska
as żona chłopa Pietrka
Barbara Ludwiżanka
as stara Żydówka w areszcie
Halina Łabonarska
as żona Kleinschmidta
Magda Teresa Wójcik
as gospodyni
Włodzimierz Boruński
as dziadek Ruth
Piotr Fronczewski
as niemiecki urzędnik w klasztorze
