| Ralph Fiennes | Ignatz Sonnenschein/Adam Sors/Ivan Sors |
| Rosemary Harris | Valerie Sors |
| Rachel Weisz | Greta |
| Jennifer Ehle | Valerie Sonnenschein |
| Molly Parker | Hannah Wippler |
| Deborah Kara Unger | Major Carole Kovacs |
| James Frain | Gustave Sonnenschein |
| John Neville | Gustave Sors |
| Miriam Margolyes | Rose Sonnenschein |
| David de Keyser | Emmanuel Sonnenschein |
| Mark Strong | Istvan Sors |
| William Hurt | Andor Knorr |
| Bill Paterson | Minister of Justice |
| Rudiger Vogler | Gen. Jakofalvy |
| Hanns Zischler | Baron Margitta |
Three generations of a Jewish family are caught up in the successive political upheavals affecting their native Hungary.
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