Hanna Schygulla as Maria Braun

Klaus Löwitsch as Hermann Braun

Ivan Desny as Karl Oswald

George Eagles as Bill

Gisela Uhlen as Mother

Elisabeth Trissenaar as Betti Klenze

Gottfried John as Willi Klenze

Hark Bohm as Senkenberg

Günter Lamprecht as Hans Wetzel

Lilo Pempeit as Frau Ehmke

Michael Ballhaus as Counsel

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Peddler

Günther Kaufmann as American on Train

Claus Holm as Doctor

Anton Schiersner as Grandpa Berger

Sonja Neudorfer as Red Cross Nurse

Volker Spengler as Train Conductor

Isolde Barth as Vevi

Bruce Low as American at Conference

Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Prosecuting Counsel

Kristine De Loup as Notary

Hannes Kaetner as Justice of the Peace

Barbara Baum as (as Baum)

Peter Berling as Bronski (as Berling)

Rolf Bührmann as Warden

Martin Häussler as Reporter

Horst-Dieter Klock as Gentleman with Car

Georg Kuhn as

Norbert Scherer as Warden

Andreas Willim as

Arthur Glogau as Warden (uncredited)