| | | | Part I War and Peace |
| 1 | | | 1938 |
| | Victor | Dalmau | A medical
auxiliary. |
| | Lazaro | | A young soldier. |
| | Francisco | Franco | Spanish general and dictator, assumed the title Caudillo. |
| | Aitor | Ibarra | A driver. |
| | Elisabeth | Eidenbenz | A Swiss nurse. |
| | Roser | Bruguera | A girl who loved music. |
| | Marcel Lluis | Dalmau | Victor's father. |
| | Carme | Dalmau | Victor's mother. |
| | Guillem | Dalmau | Victor's brother. |
| | Dolores | Ibarruri | A communist politician. Aka: La Pasionaria. |
| | Benito | Mussolini | Former Prime Minister of Italy. |
| | Adolf | Hitler | German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. |
| | Buenaventura | Durruti | Spanish
insurrectionary. |
| | Santiago | Guzman | A history professor. |
| | King Alfonso XII | | King of Spain. Aka: El Pacificador, The Peacemaker. |
| | King Alfonsol Xlll | | King of Spain Aka: El Africano, The African. |
| | Eleanor | Roosevelt | Former First Lady of the United States. |
| | Joseph | Stalin | Former gen. sec. of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| 3 | | | 1939 |
| | Nuria | | A little girl who lost her family. |
| | Eki | | Aitor's acquaintance. |
| | Izan | | Eki's friend. |
| | Julen | | Izan's brother. |
| | Angel | | A mountain guide. |
| | | Ibarra Sr. | Aitor's father. |
| 4 | | | 1939 |
| | Laura | del Solar | Isidro del Solar's wife. |
| | Isidro | del Solar | A businessman. |
| | Senator | Trueba | Isidro del Solar's acquaintance. |
| | Senora | Trueba | Senator Trueba's wife. |
| | Leonardo | | Laura's son. Aka: Baby. |
| | Ofelia | | Laura's daughter. |
| | Pedro | de Vizcarra | Laura's father. |
| | Juana | Nancucheo | A housekeeper. |
| | Felipe | del Solar | Laura's oldest son. |
| | Matias | Eyzaguirre | Ofelia's
fiancé. |
| | Aunt Teresa | | A nun. |
| | Pedro Aguirre | Cerda | Former
Chilean President. |
| | Pablo | Neruda | A Chilean poet diplomat. |
| | Federico | Garcia Lorca | Spanish poet, playwright and theatre director. |
| | Antonio | Machado | Spanish poet. |
| | Pius XII | | A Pope. Head of the catholic church. |
| | | | Part II Exile, Loves, and Understanding |
| 5 | | | 1939 |
| | Winston | Churchill | Former British prime minister. |
| | Marcel | Bruguera | Roser's son. |
| | Delia | del Carril | Pablo Neruda's wife. |
| | Captain | Pupin | The ship captain. |
| | Agnes | | A child who was born in the ship. |
| 6 | | | 1939 - 1940 |
| | Salvador | Allende | Former President of Chile. |
| | Louis XV | | King of France. |
| | Michaelangelo | | Italian sculptor. |
| 7 | | | 1940 - 1941 |
| | Jordi | Moline | Owned a shoe factory. |
| | Vicente | Urbina | A priest. |
| 8 | | | 1941 - 1942 |
| | Valentin | Sanchez | Former Venezuelan ambassador. |
| | Orinda | Naranjo | A midwife. |
| | | | Part III Returns and Roots |
| 9 | | | 1948 - 1970 |
| | Miguel Angel | Asturias | A
Guatemalan novelist. |
| | Pablo | Picasso | A Spanish painter. |
| | Gosset | | Carme's dog. |
| | Matilde | | Neruda's third wife. |
| | Mahatma | Gandhi | An Indian lawyer. |
| | Oswaldo | Guasayamin | An Ecuadorian painter. |
| | Richard | Nixon | 37th U.S. President. |
| | Henry | Kissinger | Former U.S. Secretary of State. |
| 10 | | | 1970 - 1973 |
| | Victor | Jara | A singer-songwriter. |
| | Che | Guevara | An Argentine Marxist revolutionary. |
| | Luis Miguel | Dominguin | Famous bullfighter from Spain. |
| | Augusto | Pinochet | Former President of Chile. |
| 12 | | | 1983 - 1991 |
| | Manuel Luis | Osorio | Brazilian military officer. |
| | Meche | | Victor and Roser's neighbor. |
| | Ramiro | | Meche's husband. |
| 13 | | | 1994 |
| | Ingrid | Schnake | Ofelia and Victor's daughter. |
| | Helga | Schnake | Ingrid's adoptive mother. |
| | Walter | Schnake | Ingrid's adoptive father. |
