Bara en mor

Eva Dahlbeck

Maria, aka Rya-Rya

Ragnar Falck

Henrik, Rya-Rya's husband

Ulf Palme

Hammar

Hugo Björne

Eniel

Åke Fridell

Inspector

Mona Geijer-Falkner

Emili

Max von Sydow

Nils

Margaretha Krook

Berta

Mimi Pollak

Erika Rost

Elsa Widborg

Cowman's Wife

Olof Widgren

Rya-Rya's Father

Ulla Smidje

Cecilia, the Sick Girl

Sif Ruud

Teacher

Signe Rydberg-Eklöf

Rya-Rya's Mother

Ernst Brunman

School Council's Chairman