Armin Mueller-Stahl
— Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz
Brenda Fricker
— Marta
Peter Riegert
— Marius Fisher
Paul Scofield
— Dr. Vaclav Orlik
Gaye Brown
— Ada Krasova
Miriam Karlin
— Grandmother
Pauline Melville
— Curator
Christian Mueller-Stahl
— Baron Kaspar Joachim Utz aged 18
Jakub Zdeněk
— Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz aged 11
Christian Rabe
— Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz aged 5