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).
as Paltiel Kossover
as Zupanev
as Judge
as Bernard Hauptmann
as Grisha Kossover
as Inge
as Paltiel's Father
as Yvan
as Singer
as Paltiel's Mother
as Ephraim
as Dr. Mozliak
as Grossman
as Paul Hamburger
as Hairdresser
as Sheina Rosenblum
as Raissa Kossover
