Claire Bloom
(Sarah Merz)
Irene Handl
(Grandmama Merz)
Flora Robson
(Narrator)
John Fraser
(Julius von Felden)
Cyril Shaps
(Grandpapa Merz)
Richard Hurndall
(Gottlieb)
Leonard Fenton
(Friedrich Merz)
Harold Berens
(Grand-Uncle Emil)
Jeremy Brett
(Eduard Merz)
Angela Pleasence
(Clara von Bernin)
Geoffrey Whitehead
(Gustavus von Felden)
Robin Bailey
(Count Bernin)