Alexander Fehling as Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Miriam Stein as Lotte Buff

Moritz Bleibtreu as Albert Kestner

Volker Bruch as Wilhelm Jerusalem

Burghart Klaußner as Vater Buff

Henry Hübchen as Johann Kaspar Goethe - Vater

Hans-Michael Rehberg as Gerichtspräsident Kammermeier

Anna Böttcher as Hausmädchen

Stefan Haschke as Merck

Xaver Hutter as Freund Goethes

Karl Karliczek as Postverwalter

Guido Lambrecht as Schneider

Axel Milberg as Verleger

Josef Ostendorf as Promotionsprüfer

Oscar Weidner as Oskar Buff

Vitus Wieser as Borgmann

Christoph Heckel as Professor 2

Sebastian Kaufmane as Student 1

Jonas Hien as Student 2

Gerald Fiedler as Kutscher in Strassburg

Johann Adam Oest as Dichter

Johann Jürgens as Assessor Schleyn

Anna Blomeier as Chordame

Linn Reusse as Anna Buff

Leonie Siegel as Gretchen Buff

Gwendolyn Göbel as Friederike Buff

Maxine Göbel as Elizabeth Buff

Ansgar Göbel as Heinrich Buff

Tristan Göbel as Gustav Buff

Hans-Jürgen Müller-Hohensee as Perückenmacher

Catherine Flemming as Rotschopf

Melanie Schmidli as Zigeunermädchen 1

Neelesha Barthel as Zigeunermädchen 2

Andreas Schröders as Gerichtsarzt

Sven Pippig as Gefangenenwärter

Manolo Bertling as junger Mann

Conny Mews as junge Frau

Harald Höbinger as Buchkunde 1

Christian Ehrich as Buchkunde 2

Hilmar Eichhorn as Buchhändler