Tom Schilling as Kurt Barnert

Sebastian Koch as Carl Seeband

Paula Beer as Ellie

Saskia Rosendahl as Elisabeth May

Oliver Masucci as Antonius van Verten

Cai Cohrs as Six-Year-Old Kurt Barnert

Ina Weisse as Martha Seeband

Evgeniy Sidikhin as Major Murawjow

Mark Zak as Murawjow Interpreter

Ulrike C. Tscharre as Miss Hellthaler

Bastian Trost as Franz Michaelis

Hans-Uwe Bauer as Horst Grimma

Hanno Koffler as Günther Preusser

David Schütter as Adrian Schimmel / Finck

Franz Pätzold as Max Seifert

Hinnerk Schönemann as Werner Blaschke

Jeanette Hain as Waltraut Barnert

Jörg Schüttauf as Johann Barnert

Johanna Gastdorf as Grandmother Malvine

Florian Bartholomäi as Günther May

Jonas Dassler as Ehrenfried May

Ben Becker as Otto

Lars Eidinger as Exhibition Guide

Rainer Bock as Burghart Kroll

Pit Bukowski as Andreas

Johannes Allmayer as

Martin Bruchmann as Student

Andreas Nickl as Thorsten

Lutz Blochberger as Schon

Bruno F. Apitz as Eser

Michaela Caspar as Mrs. Rebernik

Luc Feit as Hermann Schreiber

Hannes Hellmann as Arthur Kastner

Jacob Matschenz as Arendt Ivo

Stefan Mehren as Jürgen Beier

Manfred Möck as Kleiber

Rainer Reiners as Mr. Rebernik

Anton Rubtsov as Mischa

Chris Theisinger as SS Doctor