
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.

as Ruth

as Rachel, ciotka Ruth

as hauptman Kurt Kleinschmidt, komendant miasta

as oberstumfuhrer Walter Knoch

as siostra Teresa, przełożona klasztoru

as żona Macha

as żona chłopa Pietrka

as stara Żydówka w areszcie

as żona Kleinschmidta

as gospodyni

as dziadek Ruth

as niemiecki urzędnik w klasztorze

as kierowca

as Kramer, podwładny Kleinschmidta

as fotograf Mach

as chłop Pietrek

as stary Żyd w areszcie

as aptekarz, współpracownik partyzantów

as kolejarz Ochalski

as Rudi, adiutant Knocha

as żandarm na stacji

as żandarm Kuntze

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