Jan Pivec
critic Pošahal
Josef Kemr
Jan Přehršle
Zdeňka Baldová
Přehršle's mother-in-law
Gustav Heverle
construction director Bláha
Vlasta Burian
accountant Dušek
Vlastimil Brodský
accountant Macek
František Vnouček
editor in chief
František Filipovský
Secretary to the Minister
Miloš Nedbal
Director
Lubomír Lipský
Chief Accountant Pištora
Ladislav Pešek
commentator
Ladislav Boháč
film director
Zdeněk Řehoř
poet Jan Hovorka
František Hanus
author of the film script
Božena Obrová
Ludmila Vostrčilová
Týna, Přehršle's wife
Marie Nademlejnská
clerk miss Vinklářová
Stella Zázvorková
Pošahalová
Robert Vrchota
cameraman
Josef Hlinomaz
recruitment officer
Eduard Dubský
clerk Pulkrábek
Bedřich Bozděch
butler Souček
Alois Dvorský
old security guard
Vladimír Dvořák
editor of the cultural section
Bohuš Hradil
senior official
Stanislav Fišer
assistant cameraman
Ota Motyčka
warehouseman
Fanda Mrázek
driver at the construction director
Bedřich Vrbský
editor in the publishing house
Josef Steigl
official Šálek
František Miška
official
Josef Příhoda
official
Antonín Kandert
official
Přemysl Kočí
customer in a bookstore
Eva Klepáčová
female customer in a bookstore
František Miroslav Doubrava
clerk in the publishing house
Martin Raus
editor on TV
Rudolf Pellar
editor
Jiří Sovák
Pošahal's friend Zoun
Arnošt Faltýnek
printer
Jiřina Bohdalová
scribe in the newsroom
Marie Rosůlková
secretary to the Minister
Antonín Šůra
resting worker on construction site
Václav Trégl
delegate to the Minister
Jaroslav Moučka
delegate to the Minister
Josef Chvalina
employee on a construction site
Marie Kautská
accountant on construction site
Miloš Willig
foreman on construction site
Vladimír Hrubý
worker on a cottage construction
Václav Švec
worker on a cottage construction
Lubomír Bryg
worker on a cottage construction
Blažena Slavíčková
office worker Bílá
Miloš Vavruška
driver on a construction site
Luděk Gradwohl
meeting participant
Jan Víšek
official
František Suk
Karel Třebický