Mario Adorf as Alfred Matzerath

Angela Winkler as Agnes Matzerath

David Bennent as Oskar Matzerath

Katharina Thalbach as Maria Matzerath

Daniel Olbrychski as Jan Bronski

Tina Engel as Young Anna Koljaiczek

Berta Drews as Anna Koljaiczek

Roland Teubner as Joseph Koljaiczek

Tadeusz Kunikowski as Uncle Vinzenz

Andréa Ferréol as Lina Greff

Heinz Bennent as Greff

Ilse Pagé as Gretchen Scheffler

Werner Rehm as Scheffler

Käte Jaenicke as Mother Truczinski

Otto Sander as Meyn

Charles Aznavour as Sigismund Markus

Fritz Hakl as Bebra

Mariella Oliveri as Roswitha

Ernst Jacobi as Löbsack

Henning Schlüter as Dr. Hollatz

Marek Walczewski as Schugger-Leo

Wojciech Pszoniak as Fajngold

Gustaw Holoubek as Priest

Günter Meisner as Gestapo Agent