Sandra Hüller as Maren

Max Riemelt as Robert

Ronald Zehrfeld as Volker

Peter Kurth as Markowski

Martin Brambach as Lunkewitz

Uwe Preuss as Dieter Kulitzka

Ursula Werner as Käthe

Robert Höller as Neighbor

Lotte Keiling as Dini

Kathrin Wehlisch as Janette

Meikel Engelmann as Salesman

Tom Keune as Comrade

Tilla Kratochwil as Guard

David Bredin as Soldier

Yorck Dippe as Herbert Bahlow

Christoph Müller as Siegl

Hilmar Eichhorn as Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Anselm Haderer as Jannik

Olli Dittrich as Vertreter Meier

Tilla Kratochwil as Andrea Fiedow

Natja Brunckhorst as Grenzbeamtin (uncredited)

Hans-Dietrich Genscher as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Christian Skibinski as Arbeitssuchender (uncredited)

Theo Waigel as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)