Stephen Fry as Onno Quist

Greg Wise as Max Delius

Neil Newbon as Quinten Quist - 16 years

Will Bowden as Angel

Jeroen Krabbé as Gabriel

Flora Montgomery as Ada Brons

Dimitris Philippou as Quinten Quist - 4 years

Diana Quick as Sophia Brons

Gillian Barge as Onno's mother

Nettie Blanken as Coba

Victoria Carling as Margareth Quist

Loïs Dols de Jong as Granddaughter Quist

John Franklyn-Robbins as Onno's father

Geraldine Alexander as Trees Quist

Nicholas Palliser as Diederik Quist

Emma Fielding as Helga

Sean Harris as Bart Bork

Maureen Lipman as Figure 1

Molly Hallam as Red Haired Protestor

Alex Lowe as Police Man

Rodney Baddell as Police Officer

Rob van de Meeberg as Oswald Brons

Heather Weeks as Female Student

Kumari Simmons as Girl in Auditorium

Valeriano Ramirez Monteco as 1st Cuban

Jesus Hernandez Diaz as 2nd Cuban

Krijn ter Braak as Man in Auditorium

Michael Cronin as War Documentation

Paloma Calle as 1st Female Soldier - Cuba

Edwin de Vries as Desk Soldier - Cuba

Vanessa Lozano as 2nd Female Soldier - Cuba

Inday Ba as Maria

Javier Lago as Revolutionary Speaker

Ramon Camín as Waiter - Cuba

Neville Phillips as City Official

Truus te Selle as Hospital Nurse

David Allister as Neurologist

Petra Laseur as Nurse at Birth

Timothy Bateson as Mr. Keller

Sheila Shand Gibbs as Mrs. Keller

Marjolein Sligte as Selma Kern

Clive Merrison as Theo Kern

Monique van de Ven as Ada's Nurse

Lars Oostveen as Journalist / TV Reporter

Philip Bowen as Politician

Terence Harvey as Party Chief

Daniël Boissevain as Helga's Killer

Sarah Winman as Ankie

Simon Greiff as Floris

Achille Brugnini as Elderly Man

Leon Lissek as Hotel Owner

Taly Shalom-Ezer as Security Guard Officer

Harry Landis as Ibrahim

Manex Recarte as Israeli Soldier

Ellen Vogel as Max's Mother