Rasselas Lakew

Abebe Bikila

Dag Malmberg

Onni

Ruta Gedmintas

Charlotte

Abba Waka Dessalegn

. The Priest

Johnny Ashenafi

Coach Nega

Woyneshet Belachew

Telephone Operator

Abebe Bikila

Himself (archive footage)

Arne Boysen

Gunnar Krogsveen

Yeneneh Ezra

Emperor Haile Selassie