Pauline Kropp

Hanna Schygulla

Stanislaus

Piotr Łysak

Mayer

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Maria Wyler

Marie-Christine Barrault

Schulze

Ralf Wolter

Wiktorczyk

Daniel Olbrychski

Elsbeth Schnittgens

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Dr. Borg

Bernhard Wicki

Karl Wyler

Gerard Desarthe

Melchior

Sigfrit Steiner

Frau Melchior

Erika Wackernagel

Narrator

Otto Sander

Klaus

Ben Becker

Herbert

Thomas Ringelmann

Zinngruber the Mayor

Friedrich Beckhaus

Stackmann

Gernot Duda

Alker

Serge Merlin

Frau Zinngruber

Heidi Joschko

Stackmann's Son

Rainer Basedow

Frau Schnittgens, old

Ilse Bahrs

Maria Wyler, old

Marie-Hélène Dasté

Stepdaughter

Jutta Kloppel

1 Policeman

Jürgen Born

Old Zinngruber

Jurgen von Alten

2 Policeman

Dieter Kursawe

Prison Guard

Ellen Esser

Klages

Hannes Kaetner

Patient

Christoph Beyertt

Nun

Evelyn Meyka

Counsel

Dietrich Mattausch

Druggist

Herbert Weißbach

Chief Physician

Gert Holtenau

Old Lady

Gudrun Geier

Martha

Dorothea Moritz

Mari De Paulina

Dieter Kirchlechner

Postal Employee

Gundula Petrovska

Chief Physician (uncredited)

Gerd Holtenau

Zinngruber the Mayor

Friedrich Georg Beckhaus*