• 
  Stephen Herek

  regizor

• 
  Patrick Sheane Duncan

  scenarist

• 
  Richard Dreyfuss

  Glenn Holland
• 
  Olympia Dukakis

  Directorul Jacobs
• 
  William H. Macy

  Director adjunct Gene Wolters
• 
  Alicia Witt

  Gertrude Lang
• 
  Glenne Headly

  Iris Holland
• 
  Jay Thomas (I)

  Bill Meister

• 
  Terrence Howard

  Louis Russ
• 
  Damon Whitaker

  Bobby Tidd
• 
  Jean Louisa Kelly

  Rowena Morgan
• 
  Alexandra Boyd

  Sarah Olmstead
• 
  Benjamin J. Dixon

  Dl. Mims
• 
  Kathryn Arnett

  Dra. Swedlin
• 
  Freeman O. Corbin

  Dl. Sullivan

• 
  Moira Feeney

  Dra. Godfrey
• 
  Joshua Minnick

  Mr. Shapiro
• 
  Ashley Hamrick

  Dra. Reeves
• 
  Janine Shouse

  Dra. Schumaker
• 
  Spencer Riviera

  Dl. Hosta
• 
  Daniel J. Vhay

  Dl. Malone
• 
  Sean Bevington

  Dl. McMartin
• 
  John Henry Redwood

  Dl. Russ
• 
  Ted Roisum

  Dr. Sorenson
• 
  Kaili Carlton

  Dl. Wayne
• 
  Balthazar Getty

  Stadler
• 
  Eric Michael Cole

  Boy 2
• 
  Zoe McLellan

  Girl 4
• 
  Beth Maitland

  Deaf School Principal
• 
  Michael Mendelson

  Chaplain
• 
  Joanna Gleason

  Adult Gertrude
• 
  Joseph Anderson

  Cole at 15 Years Old
• 
  Alexandra Boyd

  Sarah Olmstead
• 
  Anthony Natale

  Cole at 28 Years Old
• 
  Nicholas John Renner

  Cole at 6 Years Old

• 
  Robert W. Cort

  producător
• 
  Michael Nolin

  producător
• 
  Dina Lipton

  scenografie
• 
  Sharon Bialy

  distribuţie
• 
  Oliver Wood

  imagine
• 
  Judith James

  coproducator
• 
  William Teitler

  coproducator
• 
  Aggie Guerard Rodgers

  costume
• 
  Trudy Ship

  montaj
• 
  Patrick Sheane Duncan

  producător executiv
• 
  Scott Kroopf

  producător executiv
• 
  Michael Kamen

  coloană sonoră
• 
  David Nichols

  design de producţie
• 
  Jan K. Bergstrom

  decoruri