The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator’s mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you’d least expect it.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| GGeorge TaboriGeorge Tabori | George Tabori |
 Pauline CollinsElsa Tabori | Elsa Tabori |
 Ulrich TukurSS-Offizier | SS-Offizier |
| NNatalie MorseMaria | Maria |
 Robert GiggenbachCornelius Tabori | Cornelius Tabori |
 Heribert SasseKelemen | Kelemen |
| GGünter BothurNot listed | Not listed |
 Simon VerhoevenJunger SS-Mann | Junger SS-Mann |
| BBuddy EliasRabbi | Rabbi |
| PPeter RadtkeMan in Wheel Chair | Man in Wheel Chair |
| OOtto GrünmandlJulius | Julius |
 Hana FrejkováMartha | Martha |
 Jens HarzerNot listed | Not listed |
 Tatiana DykováOlga | Olga |
 István IglódiUsicky | Usicky |
 Eddi ArentKlapka | Klapka |
| WWolfgang GasserAgloof | Agloof |
| PPeter MohrdieckGlatzkopf | Glatzkopf |
| JJindřich BonaventuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Jiří KnotGerman clerk | German clerk |
| JJohanna MertinzNot listed | Not listed |
 Stanislav TřískaNot listed | Not listed |
| VVladimír VolekNot listed | Not listed |
 Jitka SmutnáNot listed | Not listed |
| HHorst HiemerNot listed | Not listed |
 Axel ScholtzNot listed | Not listed |
 Jiří OrnestNot listed | Not listed |
 Petra BerndtNot listed | Not listed |
| JJosef VajnarNot listed | Not listed |
 Eva HolubováNot listed | Not listed |