"A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres."
Andrzej Kopiczyński
as Mikołaj Kopernik
Barbara Wrzesińska
as Anna Schilling
Czesław Wołłejko
as Łukasz Watzenrode
Andrzej Antkowiak
as Andrzej Kopernik
Klaus-Peter Thiele
as Jerzy Joachim Retyk
Henryk Boukołowski
as Cardinal Hipolit d'Este
Hannjo Hasse
as Ossiander
Henryk Borowski
as Tiedemann Giese
Jadwiga Chojnacka
as Kacper's Mother
Aleksander Fogiel
as Matz Schilling
Emilia Krakowska
as Kacper's Wife
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Jan Dantyszek
Leszek Herdegen
as Mateusz
Witold Pyrkosz
as Płotowski
Wiktor Sadecki
as Wojciech of Brudzew
Leonard Andrzejewski
as Knight
W. Anton
as
Jolanta Bohdal
as Krystyna
Bogusz Bilewski
as Burgrave
Janusz Bylczyński
as Celio Calcagnini
Joanna Biesiada
Władysław Dewoyno
as Surgery Patient
Aleksander Gąssowski
as Kraków Academy Lecturer
Jerzy Grałek
as Nobleman Killed By Teutonic Knights
Ewa Jastrzębowska
Tadeusz Jurasz
Wacław Kowalski
as Dołuski
Andrzej Krasicki
as Dungeons Supervisor
Andrzej Kozak
as Bartolomeo Costa
Herbert Körbs
Józef Łodyński
as Jester
Leon Niemczyk
as Don Alonso
Leopold Rene Nowak
as Lodovico
Anna Nehrebecka
as Diana d'Este
Maria Nowotarska
as Graziosa Maggi
Czesław Piaskowski
Angelika Ritter
Ryszard Ronczewski
Tadeusz Somogi
as Watzenrode's Servant
Franciszek Targowski
as Jan of Głogów
Joachim Tomaschewsky
as Petreius
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
as Teutonic Order Envoy
Hans-Georg Türk
Zinaida Zagner
Leon Załuga
Janusz Dziubiński
as (uncredited)
Jerzy Fedorowicz
as Scholar (uncredited)
Tadeusz Kunikowski
Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Jerzy Łapiński
as Knight (uncredited)
Czesław Magnowski
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Jerzy Nowak
as Man At Funeral (uncredited)
Bruno O'Ya
as Color Bearer (uncredited)
Jerzy Stasiuk
as Town Citizen (uncredited)
Jerzy Trela
Marzena Trybała
Marian Kołodziej
Costume Design
Hans Mahlich
Production Manager
Roman Kęsikowski
Makeup Artist
Lech Zahorski
Jerzy Skrzepiński
Production Design
Leonard Księżak
Sound
Wiesław Grzelczak
Czesław Petelski
Director
Jerzy Broszkiewicz
Screenplay
Zdzisław Skowroński
Henryk Bielski
First Assistant Director
Wera Karmowska
Assistant Director
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Assistant Production Design
Leonarda Snitko
Costume Assistant
Jerzy Klimkiewicz
Assistant Camera
Hieronim Langner
Sound Assistant
Bohdan Ziółkowski
Jerzy Zieliński
Andrzej Borecki
Danuta Polis
Assistant Costume Designer
Jacek Stachlewski
Camera Operator
Anna Bekier
Jacek Malipan
Piotr Dudzinski
Janina Sękowska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Józef Grzeszczak
Stunts
Stanisław Moruzgała
Sylwester Szyszko
Józef Letkier
Bogusław Kobierski
Armorer
Anna Iżykowska-Mironowicz
Music Consultant
Kurt Tauchmann
Heike Bauersfeld
Jerzy Szeski
Teodor Grymaszewski
Jerzy Szczecinski
Witold Krysztoforski
Assistant Editor
Kazimierz Libin
Jan Bieniewski
Production Consultant
Antonina Jelicz
Tadeusz Sowicki
Eugeniusz Gąsiorowski
Marian Biskup
Jerzy Dobrzycki
Antoni Byszewski
Assistant Production Manager
Konstanty Tarnowski
Anita Schultze
Wiesława Borecka
Zdzislaw Mrozowicz
Tadeusz Chojnacki
Karol Estreicher
Jerzy Sikorski
Czesław Jacenko
Heinz Fröhlich
Jerzy Pietrzyk
Ewa Petelska
Felicja Rogowska
Editor
Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz
Director of Photography
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Original Music Composer