Ulrich Mühe as Theodor Lohse

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Benjamin Lenz

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Baron von Rastchuk

Andrea Jonasson as Rahel Efrussi

Agnes Fink as Mutter Lohse

Hans Korte as Geheimrat Hugenberg

Hark Bohm as Dada-Künstler

Horst Sachtleben as Kommissar

Joachim Bliese as Staatssekretär Hilper

Elisabeth Endriss as Anna

Ullrich Haupt as Baron von Köckwitz

András Fricsay as Klitsche

Ernst Stötzner as Günter

Peter Roggisch as Prinz Heinrich

Rolf Henniger as Aaron Efrussi

Kyra Mladeck as Frau von Köckwitz

Klaus Abramowsky as Literat

Martin Umbach as Schlomje

Alfred Hrdlicka as Klaften

Marquard Bohm as Roter

Irm Hermann as Gefangene

Herbert Tennigkeit as Oberst Pauli

Norbert Schwientek as Pisk

Rainer Rudolph as Otto von Köckwitz

Bernhard Wicki as Herr Waizenbaum

Rainer Penkert as Herr von Badewitz