Vadim Glowna as Johann Sebastian Bach

Jürgen Vogel as Friedrich II. von Preußen

Karoline Herfurth as Prinzessin Amalie

Anatole Taubman as Friedemann Bach

Paul Herwig as Emanuel Bach

Antje Westermann as Johanna Bach

Detlev Buck as Zollbeamter

Hans-Michael Rehberg as Medikus

Henning Peker as Königsbote

Michel Cassagne as Voltaire

Patrice-Luc Doumeyrou as Maupertuis

Daniel Lommatzsch as Stadtbote

Joachim Tomaschewsky as Hofarzt

Gilles Tschudi as Sekretär Goltz

Philippe Vuilleumier as Professor Johann Joachim Quantz