Obsada:

• 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
• Juergen Born 1 Policeman
• Dieter Kursawe 2 Policeman
• Ellen Esser Prison Guard
• Christoph Bayertt 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
• Dietrich Mattausch Counsel
• Dorothea Moritz Martha
• Bernhard Papke Soldier
• Gundula Petrovska Postal Employee
• Jürgen von Alten