Heinrich George as Franz Biberkopf

Margarete Schlegel as Sonja / Mieze

Bernhard Minetti as Reinhold

Albert Florath as Pums

Paul Westermeier as Henschke

Jakob Tiedtke as Guest at Henschke

Hans Deppe as Guest at Henschke

Käthe Haack as Schwester Paula

Heinrich Schroth as

Heinrich Gretler as Kofferdieb

Gerhard Bienert as Klempner-Karl

Anna Müller-Lincke as

Paul Kemp as

Maria Bard as Cilly

Holmes Zimmermann as

Franz Weber as

Karl Harbacher as

Walter Werner as

Willi Schur as

Hermann Krehan as

Paul Rehkopf as Gefängnisaufseher

Ernst Behmer as

Karl Stepanek as

Arthur Mainzer as

Siegfried Berisch as

Oskar Höcker as

Julius Falkenstein as Geschäftemacher