- Hanna Schygulla
- Paulina Kropp
- Piotr Lysak
- Stanislaus
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Mayer
- Ralf Wolter
- Schulze
- Daniel Olbrychski
- Wiktorczyk
- Bernhard Wicki
- Dr. Borg
- Gérard Desarthe
- Karl Wyler
- Elisabeth Trissenaar
- Elsbeth Schnittgens
- Sigfrit Steiner
- Melchior
- Erika Wackernagel
- Frau Melchior
- Serge Merlin
- Alker
- Thomas Ringelmann
- Herbert
- Friedrich G. Beckhaus
- Zinngruber the Mayor
- Otto Sander
- The narrator
- Ben Becker
- Klaus
- Gernot Duda
- Stackmann
- Heidi Joschko
- Frau Zinngruber
- Ilse Bahrs
- Frau Schnittgens, old
- Marie-Hélène Dasté
- Maria Wyler, old
- Marie-Christine Barrault
- Maria Wyler
- Jürgen Born
- 1 Policeman
- Dieter Kursawe
- 2 Policeman
- Ellen Esser
- Prison Guard
- Christoph Beyertt
- Patient
- Evelyn Meyka
- Nun
- Herbert Weissbach
- Druggist
- Gudrun Geier
- Old Lady
- Rainer Basedow
- Stackmann's Son
- Ulrich Heimann
- Prisoner of War
- Gerd Holtenau
- Chief Physician
- Hannes Kaetner
- Klages
- Dieter Kirchlechner
- Mari De Paulina
- Jutta Klöppel
- Stackmann's Stepdaughter
- André Mantz
- Prisoner of War
- Dietrich Mattausch
- Counsel
- Dorothea Moritz
- Martha
- Bernhard Papke
- Soldier
- Gundula Petrovska
- Postal Employee
- Jürgen von Alten
- (uncredited)
