Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Police Lieutenant Jansen

Günther Kaufmann as Anton

Boy Gobert as CEO

Arnold Marquis as Police President

Richy Müller as Nephew

Brigitte Mira as Personnel Director

Nicole Heesters as Barbara

Franco Nero as Weiss

Jörg Holm as Vice President

Hans Wyprächtiger as Zerling

Petra Jokisch as Elena Farr

Andreas Mannkopff as Wechselschichtregisseur

Ute Koska as Doctor

Frank Ripploh as Gangster

Hans-Eckart Eckhardt as Cop

Christoph Baumann as Detective

Juliane Lorenz as Nurse

Christel Harthaus as Cop

Richard Nixon as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Neil Armstrong as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Michael Chevalier as Weiss (voice)

Traudel Haas as Elena Farr (voice)