A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but never gives in.
Μελίνα Μερκούρη
as Nina Kacewa
Assi Dayan
as Romain Kacew age 25
Didier Haudepin
as Romain Kacew age 15
François Raffoul
as Romain Kacew age 9
Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου
as Aniela
Jean Martin
as Igor Igorevitch
Fernand Gravey
as Jean-Michel Serusier
Jacqueline Porel
as Madame Mailer
Elspeth March
as Fat Woman
Maria Machado
as Nathalie Lissenko
Julie Dassin
as Romain's Friend
René Clermont
as Mr. Piekielny
