Rainer Sievert as Maximilian Aue (voice)

Aurélia Petit as Self - Narrator (voice)

Samuel Blumenfeld as Self - Journalist

Aurélie Barjonet as Self - Literature Scholar

Pierre Nora as Self - Historian

Rony Brauman as Self - Physician

Charlotte Mandel as Self - Translator

Michel Terestchenko as Self - Philosopher

Daniel Mendelsohn as Self - Writer

Boris Cyrulnik as Self - Psychiatrist

Elissa Mailänder as Self - Historian

Christian Ingrao as Self - Historian

Niklas Frank as Self - Hans Frank's Son

Jean-Christophe Klotz as Self - Interviewer (voice)

Jorge Semprún as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Jonathan Littell as Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

Hans Frank as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler as Self - Politician (archive footage)