| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Tibor | Levi | Andras's brother. Protagonist. |
| | Miklos | Horthy | The Regent of Hungary. |
| | Andraska | Levi | Tibor's brother. Protagonist. Aka: Andraska, Zsidocska, Parisi. |
| | Matyas | Levi | Tibor and Andras's brother. |
| | Tosca | | The opera diva. |
| | Zsuzsa | Toronyi | The Hungarian Diva. |
| | Miklos | Ybl | A Hungarian who won an international competition opera house design. |
| | Elza | Hasz | The wife of a bank director. Jozsef's mother. |
| | Jozsef | Hasz | Elza;s son. |
| | Simon | | The Hasz's assistant. |
| 2 | Zoltan | Novak | The man that Andras met. The theatre owner. |
| 3 | Ingrid | | Jozsef's caretaker. |
| | Madame | V | The proprietress of the boarding house. |
| 4 | Jokai | Mor | A famous novelist who escaped the Austrians. |
| | Emile | Trelat | The school founder. |
| | Gaston | Tretlat | Emile's son. The school director. |
| | Auguste | Perret | One of the architect professors. Aka: Le Colonel. |
| | V. Bourgeois | | One of the architect professors. |
| | Pierre | Vago | One of the architect professors. Andras's tutor. |
| | Rosen | | Andras's Jewish classmate. |
| | Eli | Polaner | Andras's Jewish classmate. |
| | Ben | Yakov | Andras's Jewish classmate. |
| | Pierre | Fresnay | A French film star. |
| | Eva | Kereny | The girl Andras kissed. |
| | Professor | Tibor | One of the professors. |
| 5 | Bertolt | Brecht | A playwright. |
| | Claudine | Villareal-Bloch | The mother of the title. The leading actress. |
| | Marcelle | Gerard | The actress who took over Claudine's part. |
| | George-Henri | Pingusson | A famous architect. |
| | Le | Corbusier | A famous Swish-French architect. |
| 6 | Claudel | | The assistant stage manager. |
| | Lucia | | The girl that Ben Yakov dated. |
| | Mallet | Stevens | The school architect. |
| | D'Aubigne | | The stage manager. |
| | Elisabet | Morgernstern | The ballet instructor's daughter. |
| | Madame | Courbet | The wardrobe mistress. |
| | Pely | | The custodian. |
| 7 | Mrs. | Apfel | The Morgenstern's housemaid. |
| | Marthe | | Elisabet's friend. |
| | Lucky | Bela | Andras's father. Aka: Bela Levi, Apa. |
| | Zindel | Kohn | The man that Lucky Bela met. |
| | Gitta | Kohn | Zindel's wife. |
| | Flora | Levi | Andras's mother. Bela's wife. Aka: Anya. |
| 8 | Orsola | Korcsolya | The baker's daughter. |
| | Sophie | | One of Claire's ballet students. |
| 9 | Fernand | Lemarque | One of Andras's classmates. |
| | Medard | | The fifth year studio monitor. |
| | President | Pemjean | The current president. |
| | Mr. | Dupuis | The president's secretary. |
| | Gyorgy | Hasz | Jozsef's father. Claire's brother. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 12 | Willi | Mandl | The boy who plays piano. |
| | Raymond | Fischer | A famous architect. |
| | Dora | Gordin | The Latvian-born sculptor. |
| | Rozsa | Geller | The girl Tibor falls in love with. |
| 15 | Vincent | Forestier | Andras's boss. |
| | Marcel | | A young dancer. One of Klara's lovers. |
| | Edith | | Novak's wife. |
| 16 | Edouard | | One of Klara's lovers. |
| 17 | President | Benes | The Czech President. |
| | Premier | Daladier | The leader of France. |
| | Georges | Lemain | Andras' boss. An architect. |
| | Viktor Vasilievich | Romankov | A famous dance instructor. Claire's dance teacher. |
| | Olga | Spessivtzea | One of the great dancers. |
| | Alexandra | Danilova | One of the great dancers. |
| | Sandor | Goldstein | Klara's dancing partner. |
| | Gaspar | | The man who raped Klara. |
| | Lajos | | Gaspar's colleague. |
| | Olga | Nevitskaya | A famed ballet teacher. |
| | Masha | | Nevitskaya's maid. |
| 20 | Ernst Eduard | Vom Rath | A German diplomat. |
| | Grynszpan | | The man who
assassinated Ernt Vom Rath. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| | Janos | Novak | Edith and Zoltan's son. |
| 22 | Joachim | Von Ribbentrop | A German politician. |
| | Shalhevet | | Rosen's new copine. |
| | Ilana | Di Sabato | The girl Ben Yakov falls in love with. |
| 23 | Hitler | | The leader of the Nazis. |
| | Mussolini | | The prime minister of Italy. |
| | Marie-Laure | | The tallest architect student. |
| | Suzanne | Lenglen | The deceased French champion. |
| 24 | Baroness | Kacynska | A 16th century aristocrat. |
| 25 | Count | Csaky | The Hungarian foreign minister. |
| | | | Part 4 |
| 26 | Markus | Kovacs | The clerk at the Visa office. |
| | Mendel | Horovitz | Andras's former schoolmate. A member of the
Hungarian Olympic team. |
| | Jesse | Owens | An Olympic gold medalist. |
| | Di Samuele | | The rabbi in charge in Tibor and Ilana's wedding. |
| | Gyula | Kohn | Matyas's friend. Deceased. |
| 27 | Coco | | The sexy woman character that Andras illustrates. |
| | Janos | Kalozi | The major. |
| | Grimasz | | Major Kalozi's first lieutenant. |
| | Janika | Kalozi | The veteran potante commander. |
| | Rosy | Buttocks | The male baboon. |
| | Baruch | Imber | The company doctor. |
| 28 | Kicsi | | Flora's little goat. |
| | Noni | | Flora's little goat. |
| | Rudolf | | Bela's father. |
| | Marika | | Andras's new maid. |
| 29 | Major | Barna | The company commander. |
| | | | KMOF - Kozerdeku Munkaszolgalat Orszagos Felugyeloje. |
| | Serafina | | A seamstress. Matyas's lover. |
| | Kati | | Mrs. Hasz's maid. |
| 30 | Marton | | The general. Andras's commander. |
| | Krisztina | | One of the nurses. |
| 31 | Tomas | Levi | Andras's and Claire's son. |
| | Frigyes | Eppler | Andras's former editor. |
| | Feketehalmy | Czeydner | The general who ordered the execution of thousands of jews. |
| | Adam | Levi | Ilana and Tibor's son. |
| | Miklos | Klein | Tibor's acquaintance. Former emigration officer. |
| | Magdolna | Bruner | One of Mr. Kleins's
acquaintances. |
| 32 | Karoly | Varsadi | The commander Szentendre. |
| | Zsofia | | Jozsef's girlfriend. |
| | Moric | Papp | The vaci utca dealer. |
| 33 | Szaboc | | A barge captain. |
| | Farago | | Varsadi's adjutant. |
| | | | Part 5 |
| | Kozma | | Andras's new commander. |
| | Orban | | The record-master. |
| | Horvath | | A lieutenant. |
| | Captain | Erdo | An old guard liberal. |
| | Zilber | | The electrician. |
| | Laszlo | Goldfarb | Andras's colleague. |
| | Lukas | | A former plumber's assistant. One of the guards. |
| 35 | Sanyi | | One of the servicemen. |
| | Jozska | | One of the servicemen. |
| | Bandi | | One of the servicemen. |
| | Vilmos | Nagy | One of the generals. |
| | Von | Weich | The general field
marshal. |
| 36 | Major | Balint | Andras's new commander. |
| | General | Paulus | The German sixth army commander. |
| | Uncle | Job | The managing editor. |
| 37 | Kallay | | The prime minister. |
| | Keresztes | | The respected surgeon. |
| 38 | Lajos | Csatay | The new minister of defense. |
| | Ferenc | Szombathelyi | The chief of the general staff. |
| | Berta | Turk | A pianist. |
| 39 | Dome | Sztojay | A prime minister. |
| | Rudolf | | Bela's acquaintance. |
| 40 | Ferenc | Szalasi | The arrow cross leader. |
| | Dobek | | A Yugoslav doctor. |
| 41 | Ara | Jerezian | An Armenian doctor. |
| 42 | Erno | Gero | A Hungarian communist party leader. |
| | Imre | Nagy | The Prime Minister. |
