Kristin Scott Thomas as Julia Jarmond

Mélusine Mayance as Sarah Starzynski, child

Niels Arestrup as Jules Dufaure

Frédéric Pierrot as Bertrand Tezac

Michel Duchaussoy as Edouard Tezac

Dominique Frot as Genneviève Dufaure

Natasha Mashkevich as Rywka Starzynski

Gisèle Casadesus as Mamé Tezac

Aidan Quinn as William Rainsferd

Sarah Ber as Rachel

Arben Bajraktaraj as Wladyslaw Starzynski

James Gerard as Mike Bambers

Joseph Rezwin as Joshua

Kate Moran as Alexandra

Paul Mercier as Michel Starzynski

Alexandre Le Provost as Plainclothes policeman

Serpentine Teyssier as Mrs Royer

Simon Eine as Franck Levy

Julie Fournier as Anna

Paige Barr as Ornella Harris

Joanna Merlin as Mrs. Rainsferd

George Birt as Richard Rainsferd

Vinciane Millereau as Nathalie Dufaure

Sylviane Fraval as Colette

Dan Herzberg as Jacques

Nancy Tate as Alice

Frédérick Guillaud as Richard Rainsferd, young

Maurice Lustyk as Man with violin

Charlotte Poutrel as Sarah Starzynski, adult

Maxim Driesen as Edouard Tezac, child

Xavier Beja as André Tezac

Jacqueline Noëlle as Old woman

Jean-Pierre Hutinet as Village doctor

Jonathan Kerr as Camp police officer

Matthias Kress as German officer at farm

Franck Beckmann as German officer in train

Nicolas Seconda as Gendarme Vel d'Hiv

François d'Aubigny as Gendarme Vel d'Hiv

Stéphane Charond as Camp gendarme

José Fumanal as Camp gendarme

Gilles Louzon as Camp gendarme

Pierre Nahori as Policeman in train

Yasmine Ghazarian as Camp woman

Naëva Lissonnet as Little girl in camp

Céline Caussimon as Nurse Vel d'Hiv

Claudine Acs as Hysterical woman Vel d'Hiv

Viktoria Li as Clinical nurse

Loïc Risser as Male nurse

Franck Chilly as Stretcher-bearer

Marco Florio as Italian waiter

Alice St. Clair as Mozart Cafe Waitress

Stéphanie Gesnel as Young woman at the window

Gérard Couchet as Old man at the window

Mark Fairchild as Bob Rainsferd

Melinda Wade as Young blonde American woman

Kiley Liddell as Sarah Starzynski, baby

Brooke Liddell as Sarah Starzynski, baby

Sophie Bacry Picciotto as (voice)

Christian Vurpillot as (voice)

Robert Rotsztein as (voice)

Tatiana De Rosnay as Client in restaurant (uncredited)

Ludovic Louis as Trumpet player (uncredited)

Eric Moreau as Gendarme (uncredited)

Anoushka Rava as Italian woman (uncredited)

Jacques Chirac as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)