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

Ben Becker

Klaus

Otto Sander

Narrator

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Zinngruber

Gernot Duda

Stackmann

Serge Merlin

Alker

Marie-Hélène Dasté

Maria Wyler, old

Marie-Christine Barrault

Maria Wyler

Christoph Beyertt

Patient

Gudrun Geier

Old Lady

Rainer Basedow

Stackmann's Son (uncredited)

Dieter Kirchlechner

Mari De Paulina (uncredited)

Jutta Klöppel

Stackmann's Stepdaughter (uncredited)

Dietrich Mattausch

Counsel (uncredited)

Gundula Petrovska

Postal Employee (uncredited)