"I had a compass from Denys. To steer by, he said. But later it came to me that we navigated differently. Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road."

"Shane Rimmer as Belknap"

"Joseph Thiaka as Kamante"

"Stephen Kinyanjui as Chief Kinanjui"

"Job Seda as Kanuthia"

"Iman as Mariammo"

"Donal McCann as Doctor in Nairobi"

"Benny Young as Minister"

"Rafal Mackowiak - Joseph Weiss"

"Tomasz Tyndyk - Henry Weinbaum"

"Mateusz Mosiewicz - Marian Wilner"

"Eryk Kulm - Abram Klinger"

"Zuzanna Pulawska - Fanka Silberman"

"Filip Kosior - Thomas Bauer"

"Krzysztof Szczepaniak - Moise Steiner"

"Irena Melcer - Zosia"

"Dougray Scott - Major Eduard Rügmer"

"Sophie Nélisse - Irena Gut Opdyke"

"Andrzej Seweryn - Herr Schultz"

"Maciej Nawrocki - Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Rokita"

"What does it matter who we are? What we do is who we are."

"Aleksandar Milicevic - Lazar Haller"

"Sharon Azrieli - Helen Weinbaum"

"Eliza Rycembel - Ida Haller"

"Agata Turkot - Clara Bauer"

"Masatō Ibu - Mqrquis Lord Kōichi Kido, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal"

"Takatarō Kataoka - Emperor Hirohito"

"Toshiyuki Nishida - General Kajima"

"Shōhei Hino - Former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo"

"Eriko Hatsune - Aya Shimada"

"Masayoshi Haneda - Takahashi"

"Colin Moy - Major General Richter"

"[typing a report after meeting Baron Kido] It is a fundamental American concept that the people of any nation have the inherent right to choose their own government. Were the Japanese given this opportunity, they would select the Emperor as their symbolic head of state. In effecting our bloodless occupation, we requisitioned the services of the Emperor. By his order, seven million soldiers laid down their arms. Through his act, hundreds of thousands of American casualties were avoided. His guilt or innocence in the prosecution of the war is unknowable, but his decisive role in ending the war is beyond dispute. If the Emperor were tried for war crimes, the governmental structure would collapse, and a general uprising would be inevitable. There would be chaos and bloodshed. It would take more than a million American servicemen to oversee the occupation for years to come. In conclusion, the people of Japan have suffered greatly, and it is in their interest beyond all other considerations that I strongly urge allowing the Emperor to continue on his throne as the leader of his people."

"[addressing his staff before his personal plane, the Bataan, lands in Japan] Gentlemen, we will take no weapons with us when we step off this airplane. Nothing will impress them more than a show of absolute fearlessness. If they don't know they're licked by now, they will get the picture today. Now let's show them some good old-fashioned American swagger."

"Japan 1945: General Douglas MacArthur was given a mission to decide the fate of a nation, the guilt of a leader, and the true price of peace."

"After the War was won, the battle for Peace began."

"Matthew Fox - BG Bonner Fellers"

"Masatoshi Nakamura - Former Japanese Prime Minister Prince Konoe Fumimaro"

"Tommy Lee Jones - General Douglas MacArthur"

"Isao Natsuyagi - Teizaburō Sekiya, member of the Privy Council"

"Ven Ngawang Chojor as Lord Chamberlain"

"Ric Young as General Chang Jing Wu"

"Duncan Fraser as British Officer"

"Lhakpa Tsamchoe as Pema Lhaki"

"Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk as Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, 14 years old"

"Jetsun Pema as The Great Mother"

"Victor Wong as Chinese 'Amban'"

"Danny Denzongpa as Regent"

"Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė as Ingrid Harrer"

"Ama Ashe Dongtse as Tashi"