Gustav Leonhardt as Johann Sebastian Bach

Christiane Lang as Anna Magdalena Bach

Paolo Carlini as Hölzel

Ernst Castelli as Steger

Hans-Peter Boye as Born

Joachim Wolff as Rector

Rainer Kirchner as Superintendent

Eckart Bruntjen as Prefect Kittler

Walter Peters as Prefect Krause

Kathrien Leonhard as Catherina Dorothea Bach

Anja Fahrmann as Regine Susanna Bach

Katja Drewanz as Christine Sophie Henrietta Bach

Bob van Asperen as Johann Elias Bach

Andreas Pangritz as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Nikolaus Harnoncourt as Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen

Hellmuth Costard as Rector Ernesti