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
Norbert Scherer
Warden
Arthur Glogau
Warden (uncredited)