Jean-Noël Briend
— Walter Benjamin, singer
Sava Lolov
— Walter Benjamin, actor
Michaela Kušteková
— Asja Lacis
Michaela Selinger
— Hannah Arendt
Charles Rice
— Arthur Koestler
Scott Wilde
— Gershom Sholem
Jeff Martin
— Bertolt Brecht
Gilles Ragon
— André Gide
Kàroly Szemerèdy
— Max Horkheimer
Elsa Rigmor Thiemann
— Mme Henny Gurland
Goele De Raedt
— The Cabaret Singer
Baptiste Mansot
— Joseph Gurland
Emmanuel Amado
— Innkeeper
Bruno Froment
— The Doctor
François Leviste
— Actor-archivist