Hanna Schygulla

Pauline Kropp

Piotr Łysak

Stanislaus

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Mayer

Ralf Wolter

Schulze

Daniel Olbrychski

Wiktorczyk

Bernhard Wicki

Dr. Borg

Gérard Desarthe

Karl Wyler

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Schnittgens

Sigfrit Steiner

Melchior

Erika Wackernagel

Frau Melchior

Ben Becker

Klaus

Otto Sander

Narrator

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Zinngruber

Gernot Duda

Stackmann

Serge Merlin

Alker

Thomas Ringelmann

Herbert

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 (uncredited)

Ulrich Heimann

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Gerd Holtenau

Chief Physician (uncredited)

Hannes Kaetner

Klages (uncredited)

Dieter Kirchlechner

Mari De Paulina (uncredited)

Jutta Klöppel

Stackmann's Stepdaughter (uncredited)

André Mantz

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Dietrich Mattausch

Counsel (uncredited)

Dorothea Moritz

Martha (uncredited)

Bernhard Papke

Soldier (uncredited)

Gundula Petrovska

Postal Employee (uncredited)

Jürgen von Alten

(uncredited)