 | Raimo Karppinen als Arto Arsi |
 | Jan Söderblom als Arto Arsi as a child |
| Tarmo Manni als Sergei Rippas |
 | Rea Mauranen als Suvi Ekman |
 | Eeva-Maija Haukinen als Arto's Mother |
| Kimmo Otsamo als Arto's Brother |
 | Per Oscarsson als Eino |
 | Jayne Meadows als Mrs. Thomas |
| Marta Becket als Ballet dancer |
 | Lew Hopson als Big Morgan |
 | Virginia Capers als Singing prisoner |
| Eri Klas als Conductor |
| Atso Almila als Conductor |
| Jukka-Pekka Saraste als Conductor |
 | Pamela Ludwig als Black girl |
| Arnie Moore als Police officer |
| Pirjo Bergström als Singer |
| Anneli Siljander als Concert audience member |
 | Kristo Salminen als Arto Arsi as a child (voice) (uncredited) |
| Pirjo Honkasalo | Director |
| Pekka Lehto | Director |
| Pirjo Honkasalo | Editor |
| Pirjo Honkasalo | Screenplay |
| Pirkko Saisio | Writer |
| Heimo Haitto | Original Story |
| Eva Haitto | Original Story |
| Atso Almila | Original Music Composer |
| Lars Karlsson | Director of Photography |
| Kari Sohlberg | Director of Photography |
| Tuula Mehtonen | Editor |
| Päivi Tiura | Costume Design |
| Gandhi Bob Arrollo | Makeup Artist |
| Mila Niemi | Makeup Artist |
| Christa Reusch | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Marja-Liisa Raunio-Laine | Production Manager |
| Betsy Pollock | Production Manager |
| Lisa Blok-Linson | Unit Manager |
| Lee Berger | First Assistant Director |
| Berndt Frithiof | Sound Mixer |
| Antero Honkanen | Sound |
| Matti Kuortti | Sound |
| Kjell Westman | Sound Mixer |
| Antonia Dubravka Carnerud | Editor |
| Pentti Valkeasuo | Production Design |
| Mikko Kurenniemi | Production Design |
| Gail Humphreys | Production Design |
| Pekka Lehto | Executive Producer |
| Katinka Faragó | Executive Producer |
| Paul Jyrälä | Production Sound Mixer |
| Aaron A. Goffman | Carpenter |
