Florian Stetter as Reinhold Messner

Andreas Tobias as Günther Messner

Karl Markovics as Karl Maria Herrligkoffer

Volker Bruch as Gerhard Baur

Sebastian Bezzel as Peter Scholz

Jule Ronstedt as Alice von Hobe

Steffen Schroeder as Felix Kuen

Michael Kranz as Hans Saler

Horst Kummeth as Vater Messner

Lena Stolze as Mutter Messner

Matthias Habich as Pfarrer

Alexander Held as Dr. Franz Burda

Sunnyi Melles as Diplomatengattin

Theresa Vilsmaier as Krankenschwester

Markus Krojer as Reinhold Messner jung

Lorenzo Nedis as Günther Messner jung(as Lorenzo Walcher)

Miguel Herz-Kestranek as Diplomat

Leon Baumgartner as Die Gestalt

Ali As as Captain Saqui (as Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhry)

Daniela Pfefferkorn as Journalistin

Hanspeter Eisendle as Bergsteiger

Pauli Trenkweiler as Bergsteiger

Oswald Santin as Bergsteiger

Ingo Irsara as Bergsteiger

Thomas Baumgartner as Expeditionsteilnehmer

Josef Daser as Expeditionsteilnehmer

Marco Holzer as Expeditionsteilnehmer

Christoph Kawrza as Expeditionsteilnehmer

Ludwig Simon Krammer as Expeditionsteilnehmer

Markus Lienharter as Expeditionsteilnehmer

Bernd Mayr as Expeditionsteilnehmer

Sebastian Seehusen as Expeditionsteilnehmer

Lukas Wurnitsch as Expeditionsteilnehmer