Hanna Schygulla as Willie

Giancarlo Giannini as Robert

Mel Ferrer as David Mendelssohn

Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Henkel

Erik Schumann as von Strehlow

Hark Bohm as Taschner

Gottfried John as Aaron

Karin Baal as Anna Lederer

Christine Kaufmann as Miriam

Udo Kier as Drewitz

Roger Fritz as Kauffmann

Rainer Will as Bernt

Raúl Gimenez as Blonsky

Adrian Hoven as Ginsberg

Willy Harlander as Prosel

Barbara Valentin as Eva

Helen Vita as Grete

Elisabeth Volkmann as Marika

Lilo Pempeit as Tamara

Traute Hoess as Polin

Brigitte Mira as Nachbarin

Herb Andress as Reintgen

Michael McLernon as Schweizer Grenzbeamter

Jürgen Draeger as Journalist

Rudolf Lenz as Dr. Glaubrecht

Harry Baer as Norbert Schultze

Toni Netzle as Frau Prosel

Daniel Schmid as Pförtner

Peter Chatel as SA-Mann

Volker Eckstein as 1. SD-Mann

Helmut Petigk as 2. SD-Mann

Werner Asam as 3. SD-Mann

Dirk Galuba as 4. SD-Mann

Sonja Neudorfer as Frau Buerli

Irm Hermann as Krankenschwester

Herbert Steinmetz as Arzt

Alexander Allerson as Goedecke

Kristine De Loup as Nachrichtensprecherin

Franz Buchrieser as Thome (uncredited)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)

Michele Oliveri as Soldier (uncredited)