The story focuses on the exploits of rivals Reinhard von Lohengramm and Yang Wen-li, as they rise to power and fame in the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance, respectively.
as Wenli Yang
as Reinhard von Lohengramm
as Alarcon, Sandle
as Attenborough, Dusty
as Baumel
as Bergengrün, Hans Eduard
as Bittenfeld, Fritz Joseph
as Blumhardt, Rainer
as Boltik, Nikolas
as Bucock, Alexander
as Cazellnu, Alex
as Degsby
as Drewentz
as Fischer, Edwin
as Fusseneger
as Greenhill, Frederica
as Huang, Louis
as Kempff's Wife
as Kempff, Gustav Isaac
as Kempff, Karl Franz
as Kempff, Karl Gustav
as Kesserling, Rupert
as Mashengo, Louis
as Minci, Julian
as Rubinsky, Adrian
as von Oberstein, Paul
as von Reuenthal, Oskar
as Bernhard von Schneider
as Wolfgang Mittermeyer
as Cornelius Lutz
as Leopold Schumacher
as August Samuel Wahlen
as Murai
as Hildegard von Mariendorf
as Helmet Lennenkampf
as Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
as Kasper Linz
as Arthur von Streit
as Ivan Konev
as Annerose von Grünewald
as Ernest Mecklinger
as Fyodor Patrichev
as Alfred von Landsberg
as Dominique Saint-Pierré
as Adalbert von Fahrenheit
as Walter von Schönkopf
as Lao
as Olivier Poplin
as Ulrich Kessler
as Karl Robert Steinmetz
as Neidhart Müller
as Bonnett/ Commoner
as Girl/ Woman
as João Rebelo
as Henslow
as Controller/ Girl
as Rockwell
as Heydrich Lang
as Huang Rui
as Schoolgirl/ Spectator
as Karl von Kempff
as Commoner
as Aron Doumeck
as Job Trunicht
as Erwin' Servant/ Maid/ Spectator
as Emil von Reckendorf
as Marinesk
as Nguyen van Huu
as Theodor von Rücke
as Günther Kisling/ Non-comissioned Officer
as Ensign
as Dreyser
as Military Physician
as Commoner/ Ensign
as Fields
as Lubitsch
as Violla
as Adjutant
as Konrad von Modell
as Jochen von Remscheid
as Newscaster/ Spectator