1 | Lucien | Bernard | The Paris Architech. |
| | Millet | Lucien's tailor. |
| Jean-Baptiste | Bernard | A university-trained geologist. Lucien's father. |
| Mathieu | | Lucien's older brother. |
| Celeste | | Lucien's wife. |
| Auguste | Manet | Factory owner. Used to make engines for Citroën. |
2 | Baron | Haussmann | A prefect of the Seine Department of France. |
| | | Reich - German empires and kingdoms. |
| Walter | Gropius | German architect. Pioneered modern architecture and design. |
| Henri | Devereaux | Well connected architect. |
| Charles | Gaston | Lucien's client. Owner of an insurance company. |
| Alfred | Dreyfus | French Jewish artillery officer. |
| | Esterhazy | The one who'd sold secrets to the Germans. |
| Maurice | Pappon | Architect. Lucien's friend. |
| | | Vichy - French State. |
| | | Gestapo - Secret police of Nazi Germany. |
| | | Judenbegunstigung - Favourable behaviour towards the Jews. |
3 | | Gattier | Wine merchant. |
| | | Waffen-SS - Special elite army unit of the Nazi Party. |
| Albert | | Lucien's uncle. |
| | | Wehrmacht - Armed forces of Nazi Germany. |
| Henri | Bergson | Nobel Prize winner. French-Jewish philosopher. |
4 | Madame | Dehor | Lucien's neighbor. |
| Madame | Ducrot | Manet's nanny. |
| Winston | Churchill | British politician. |
| Mrs. | Everest | Churchill's nanny. |
5 | Adele | Bonneau | A successful Paris fashion designer. Lucien's mistress. |
| Bette | Tullard | Adele's manager. |
| Helmut | Schlegal | Gestapo colonel. Adele's German lover. |
| Albert | Speer | The Führer's architect. |
6 | Max | Lieber | Colonel in the Wehrmacht. |
| Dieter | Herzog | Structural engineer. Major in the Wehrmacht. |
8 | Mendel | Janusky | The former owner of the Madelin Steel Works. |
| Monsieur | Deligny | One of Janusky's executives. |
9 | Suzy | Solidor | French singer. |
| Simone | Signoret | French actress. |
| Coco | Chanel | French fashion designer. |
| Jeanne | | Adele's friend. |
| | | Boche - German soldier. |
| Isabelle | | A model from where Adele works. |
| Daniel | Joffre | Lucien's friend. |
10 | Solomon | Geiber | A wealthy Jew. |
| Monsieur | Maurier | The farmer who took the Geiber's in. |
| Miriam | Geiber | Solomon Geiber's wife. |
| Marie | | Maurier's niece. |
11 | | | Luftwaffe - Aerial warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht. |
13 | Hermann | Göring | Reich Marshal. |
| Heinz | Bruckner | One of Schlegal's men. |
| Captain | Wolf | One of Schlegal's men. |
| Lieutenant | Voss | One of Schlegal's men. |
14 | Monsieur | Richet | Father of Celeste's tutoring student. |
| Sandrine | | Richet's daughter. |
17 | Aubier | | A man harboring a Jew. |
| Cambon | | A Jew hiding in Aubier's house. |
| | Bruckner | Gestapo captain. |
| Duisberg | | French policeman. |
18 | Mies | van der Rohe | German-American architect. |
| Trude | | Herzog's wife. |
| Greta | | Herzog's daughter. |
| Hausen | | German corporal. |
19 | | Stauffen | One of the soldiers who's looking for the Geibers. |
20 | Alain | Girardet | An applicant for Lucien's project. |
| Michel | | A middle-aged architect. |
| Charles | | Lucien's knew him as the laziest in all of France. |
| | Hippolyte | The one who rob Lucien of his drafting supplies. |
| Monsieur | Valery | Alain's neighbor. |
22 | Pierre | | A Jew hiding in Clare's attic. Aka: Pierre Gau. |
| Jean-Claude | | One of Pierre's brothers. |
| Clare | Charpointier | Pierre and his sibling's benefactor. |
| Isabelle | | Pierre's sister. |
| Philippe | | One of Pierre's brothers. |
| Misha | | Clare's cat. |
23 | Albert | Serrault | Another weathy Jew. |
| Sophie | | Serrault's wife. |
27 | Céline | | One of the prostitutes. |
| Jeanne | | One of the prostitutes. |
| Suzy | | One of the prostitutes. |
32 | Gaspard | | University professor. |
| Juliette | Trenet | Gaspard's wife. |
| Professor | Pinard | Gaspard's superior. |
| Jean | | Juliette's friend. |
| Monsieur | Ducreux | Juliette's landlord. |
| Henri | Leroy | Juliette's former lab assistant. |
| Michel | Dauphin | Leroy's cousin. |
| Marie/Pierre | | Baby names for Juliette's unborn child. |
34 | Father | Jacques | The priest who took Pierre in when his siblings was captured. |
35 | Monsieur | Triolet | The man being interogated by the Gestapo. |
| Louis | Ledoyen | Cabinetmaker. |
| Messier | | A former policeman hunting Jews for a bounty. |
36 | Anne | Laffront | Lucien's first affair. |
37 | Corporal | Hausen | Herzog's driver. |
| Arno | Breker | The Führer's sculptor. |
38 | André | | Adele's cutter. |
| Simone | | Bette's sister. |
| Denis | Borge | A chocolatier. |
| Mr. and Mrs. | Kaminsky | Bette's neighbor. |
39 | Father | Philippe | A priest in Carcassonne. |
40 | Jules | | Pierre's fake brother. |
42 | Jane | | A prostitute. |
43 | Etienne | | Bette's former lover. |
| | Le Corbusier | French-Swiss architect. |
44 | Emile(1) | | Lucien's uncle. |
46 | Henri | Labrouste | The first architect to use exposed iron as an architectural element. |
| Paul | Mortier | A professor who got arrested at the national library. |
47 | Monsieur | Laval | Janusky's banker. |
48 | | Labrune | Contractor. |
49 | Daniel | Joffre | Lucien's friend. |
| Emile(2) | | One of the members of the resistance. |
51 | Lieutenant | Paulus | One of Schlegal's men. |
| Sergeant | Krueger | One of Schlegal's men. |
| | Wolfe | One of Krueger's men. |
52 | Emile(3) | | One of the Jewish children hiding at Bette's flat. |
| Carole | | One of the Jewish children hiding at Bette's flat. |
54 | Kurt | Lischka | Head of the Paris Gestapo. |
| Heinrich | Mueller | Chief of the Gestapo. |
| | Aubert | Master carpenter. The real cabinetmaker. |
| Marie | | Schlegal's cleaner. |
| Kaiser | Wilhelm | Marie's old lover. |
57 | Raoul | Cochin | Lucien's fellow architect and a friend. |
60 | Armand | | Leader of the resistance. |
| Remy | | One of the members of the resistance. |
61 | Albert | | One of the members of the resistance. |
62 | Hermann | Holweig | A German major. Alain's uncle. |
| Ryckel | | One of Schlegal's men. |