Martina Gedeck as Christa-Maria Sieland

Ulrich Mühe as Gerd Wiesler

Sebastian Koch as Georg Dreyman

Ulrich Tukur as Anton Grubitz

Thomas Thieme as Bruno Hempf

Hans-Uwe Bauer as Paul Hauser

Volkmar Kleinert as Albert Jerska

Matthias Brenner as Karl Wallner

Charly Hübner as Udo

Herbert Knaup as Gregor Hessenstein

Bastian Trost as Häftling 227

Marie Gruber as Frau Meineke

Volker Michalowski as Schriftexperte

Werner Daehn as Einsatzleiter in Uniform

Hinnerk Schönemann as Axel Stigler

Thomas Arnold as Nowack

Ludwig Blochberger as Benedikt Lehmann

Martin Brambach as Einsatzleiter Meyer

Hubertus Hartmann as Egon Schwalber

Paul Faßnacht as Onkel Frank Hauser

Paul Maximilian Schüller as Junge mit Ball

Susanna Kraus as Andrea

Michael Gerber as Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy

Fabian von Klitzing as Tagesschausprecher

Harald Polzin as Wächter

Sheri Hagen as 'Martha' 1991

Gitta Schweighöfer as 'Anja' 1984

Hildegard Schroedter as 'Elena' 1984

Inga Birkenfeld as 'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin

Jens Wassermann as 'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau

Gabi Fleming as Prostitute

Kai Ivo Baulitz as Buchverkäufer

Anabelle D. Munro as Theatre Actress (uncredited)

Klaus Münster as Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)