Moritz Bleibtreu as König / Otto Mattenheim

Karl Alexander Seidel as Philipp 'Lippel' Mattenheim

Amrita Cheema as Hamide

Steve-Marvin Dwumah as Arslan

Anke Engelke as Frau Jakob / Böse Tante

Christiane Paul as Serafina / Wirtstochter

Marius Weingarten as Hermann / Wirtssohn

Uwe Ochsenknecht as Konrektor Färber / Herbergswirt

Edgar Selge as Herr Schmiedle

Eva Mattes as Frau Hofstetter