This somber drama chronicles the writings of Paltiel Kossover (Michel Jonasz), a Rumanian Jew who was incarcerated in a Stalinist prison. Zupanev (Erland Josephson) is a sympathetic court registrar who smuggles the documents and later presents them to the poet's son Grisha (Vincent David).
Paltiel Kossover
Zupanev
Judge
Bernard Hauptmann
Grisha Kossover
Inge
Paltiel's Father
Yvan
Singer
Paltiel's Mother
Ephraim
Dr. Mozliak
Grossman
Paul Hamburger
Hairdresser
Sheina Rosenblum
Raissa Kossover
