Luca Zingaretti Giorgio Perlasca Amanda Sandrelli Magda Jérôme Anger Giuliana Lojodice Mme Tournè, secretary to the ambassador; she helps create and issue 'Schutzbriefs' (protection letters) Mathilda May Contessa Eleonora, the wife of a Hungarian high officer assigned to the Soviet Union György Cserhalmi SS captain Bleiber, the main antagonist; he follows orders in persecuting deserters, Jews and opposition members Dezső Garas the Rabbi of the Budapest Ghetto Jean-François Garreaud Zoltán Bezerédy Gábor Vajna, the Arrow Cross Interior Minister of Hungary András Stohl Arrow Cross Lieutenant Nagy, who answers to Bleiber