Keisha Castle Hughes (Maria), Oscar Isaac (Josef), Hiam Abbass (Anna), Shaun Toub (Joachim), Ciarán Hinds (König Herodes), Alessandro Giuggioli (Herodes Antipas), Alexander Siddig (Gabriel), Stefan Kalipha (Kaspar), Nadim Sawalha (Melchior), Eriq Ebouaney (Balthasar), Matt Patresi (römischer Soldat), Farida Ouchani (Ruth), Saïd Amadis (Tero), Gabrielle Scharnitzky (Handleserin), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Elisabeth), Stanley Townsend (Zacharias), Maria Giovanna Donzelli (Marias Freundin), Francesca Piliero (Marias Freundin), Serge Feuillard (Hohepriester), Kais Nashif (Benjamin), Andy Lucas (Steuereintreiber), Tomer Sisley (Steuereintreiber), Jeffery Kissoon (Herodes' Architekt), Lucia Zotti (Elizabeths Tante), Monica Contini (Elizabeths Vetter), Paola Sotgiu (Hebamme)