 | Jean-Marc Barr als Leopold Kessler |
 | Barbara Sukowa als Katharina Hartmann |
 | Udo Kier als Lawrence Hartmann |
 | Ernst-Hugo Järegård als Uncle Kessler |
 | Erik Mørk als Pater |
 | Jørgen Reenberg als Max Hartmann |
 | Henning Jensen als Siggy |
 | Eddie Constantine als Colonel Harris |
 | Max von Sydow als Narrator (voice) |
 | Benny Poulsen als Steleman |
| Erno Müller als Seifert |
| Dietrich Kuhlbrodt als Inspector |
| Michael Phillip Simpson als Robins |
 | Holger Perfort als Mr. Ravenstein |
 | Anne Werner Thomsen als Mrs. Ravenstein |
| Hardy Rafn als Man in Housecoat |
| Cæcilia Holbek Trier als Maid |
 | János Herskó als Jewish Man |
| Talila als Jewish Wife |
 | Claus Flygare als Father |
| Jon Ledin als American Soldier |
 | Baard Owe als Man with Papers |
 | Leif Magnusson als Doctor Magnus |
 | Lars von Trier als Jew |
 | Vera Gebuhr als Depot Assistant |
 | Else Petersen als Old Female Assistant |
| Ben Zimet als Old Man #1 |
| Tadek Lokcinski als Old Man #2 |
| Peter Haugstrup als Piccolo |
| Hervé Schneid | Editor |
| Niels Vørsel | Screenplay |
| Henning Bendtsen | Director of Photography |
| Lars von Trier | Screenplay |
| Lars von Trier | Director |
| Manon Rasmussen | Costume Design |
| Per Streit | Sound Designer |
| Sanne Gravfort | Hairstylist |
| Pierre Excoffier | Sound Recordist |
| Henning Bahs | Production Design |
| Isabelle de Araujo | Makeup Artist |
| Jean-Paul Meurisse | Director of Photography |
| Bo Christensen | Producer |
| Peter Aalbæk Jensen | Producer |
| Edward Kłosiński | Director of Photography |
| Lene Nielsen | Production Manager |
| Thomas Krag | Sound Editor |
| Philippe Bober | Associate Producer |
| François Duplat | Executive Producer |
| Patrick Godeau | Executive Producer |
| Gérard Mital | Executive Producer |
| Gunnar Obel | Executive Producer |
| Rie Hedegaard | Casting |
| Andrzej Borecki | Production Design |
| Dennis Knudsen | Hairstylist |
| Jolanta Pruszynska | Makeup Artist |
| Wiesława Borecka | Production Manager |
| Henrik Capetillo | Production Assistant |
| Philippe Guez | Production Supervisor |
| Thomas Heinesen | Production Manager |
| Lars Kolvig | Production Supervisor |
| Tómas Gislason | Assistant Director |
| Egon Haase | Second Assistant Director |
| Elizabeth Frey Harne | Second Assistant Director |
| Tom Hedegaard | First Assistant Director |
| Janusz Petelski | Assistant Director |
| Joachim Holbek | Original Music Composer |
| Morten Jacobsen | Key Makeup Artist |
| Søren Gam | Property Master |
| Peter Grant | Property Master |
| Emil Kostecki | Property Master |
| Bogdan Piotrowski | Property Master |
| Simone Grau Roney | Assistant Property Master |
| Finn Skovgaard | Storyboard Artist |
| Kazimierz Stys | Property Master |
| Gitte Zehngraff | Assistant Production Design |
| John Wexøe | Painter |
| Philippe Fabbri | Boom Operator |
| Carl Aage Hansen | Sound Effects |
| Per Meinertsen | Sound Engineer |
| Julien Naudin | Sound Effects |
| John Nielsen | Boom Operator |
| Jan-Erik Sandberg | Visual Effects |
| Bo Bendtsen | Clapper Loader |
| Jakob Bonfils | Grip |
| Jesper Find | First Assistant Camera |
| Andrzej Gierak | Lighting Technician |
| Tomasz Habrewicz | Assistant Camera |
| Jørgen Johansen | Electrician |
| Ireneusz Kisielewicz | Lighting Technician |
| Rolf Konow | Still Photographer |
| Krzysztof Koperski | Lighting Technician |
| Jean-Yves Le Poulain | Assistant Camera |
| Marek Modzelewski | Lighting Technician |
| Thomas Neivelt | Lighting Technician |
| Tadeusz Obuchowicz | Assistant Camera |
| Jacek Stachlewski | Camera Operator |
| Søren Sørensen | Lighting Technician |
| Roman Taborski | Lighting Technician |
| Mike Valentine | Underwater Camera |
| Henryk Wingert | Lighting Technician |
| Annette Grunnet | Casting Coordinator |
| Rie Hedegaard | Casting Coordinator |
| Małgorzata Brus | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Hanna Gołębiowska | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Anna Rychlik | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Helena Tarnacka | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Urszula Lesiak | Assistant Editor |
| Michael Frank Nielsen | Color Timer |
| Linda Daae | Continuity |
| Tómas Gislason | Continuity |
| Lars von Trier | Continuity |
| Isabelle Arcay | Production Assistant |
| Britt Bendixen | Choreographer |
| Ewa Borek | Production Assistant |
| Erik Crone | Production Assistant |
| Józef Jarosz | Production Assistant |
| Julian Jencquel | Production Runner |
| Lisbet Matz | Production Assistant |
| Zdzisław Sajuk | Production Assistant |
| Monica Steenberg | Production Assistant |
