Hanna Schygulla

Maria Braun

Klaus Löwitsch

Hermann Braun

Ivan Desny

Karl Oswald

George Eagles

Bill

Gisela Uhlen

Mother

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Betti Klenze

Gottfried John

Willi Klenze

Hark Bohm

Senkenberg

Günter Lamprecht

Hans Wetzel

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Ehmke

Michael Ballhaus

Counsel

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Peddler

Günther Kaufmann

American on Train

Claus Holm

Doctor

Anton Schiersner

Grandpa Berger

Sonja Neudorfer

Red Cross Nurse

Volker Spengler

Train Conductor

Isolde Barth

Vevi

Bruce Low

American at Conference

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Prosecuting Counsel

Kristine De Loup

Notary

Hannes Kaetner

Justice of the Peace

Barbara Baum

(as Baum)

Peter Berling

Bronski (as Berling)

Rolf Bührmann

Warden

Martin Häussler

Reporter

Horst-Dieter Klock

Gentleman with Car

Georg Kuhn

Norbert Scherer

Warden

Andreas Willim

Arthur Glogau

Warden (uncredited)