Harald Juhnke as Wilhelm Voigt

Elisabeth Trissenaar as Mathilde Obermüller

Katharina Thalbach as Marie Hoprecht

Rolf Hoppe as Zuchthausdirektor

Hark Bohm as Kriminalinspektor Schmude

Jürgen Hentsch as Kriminaldirektor Mehlhorn

Sophie Rois as Mieze

Hermann Beyer as Friedrich Hoprecht

Udo Samel as Bürgermeister Obermüller

Dieter Montag as Kilian

Götz Schubert as von Schlettow

Florian Lukas as Willy Wormser

Alexander Beyer as Melder