* Moishe the Beadle: Michael Palin
* Eliezer's father: Martin Scorsese
* Eliezer's mother: Juliette Binoche
* Eliezer's sister, Tzipora: Isla Fisher
* Eliezer's friend, Juliek: Daniel Radcliffe
* The camp commandant, Kramer: Christoph Waltz
* The camp doctor, Mengele: Ralph Fiennes
* The camp kapo, Idek: Jack Gleeson
* The camp rabbi, Rabbi Eliahou: Jonathan Pryce
* The French girl who helps Eliezer: Marion Cotillard