Carl von Ossietzky

Hans-Peter Minetti

as Carl von Ossietzky

Christine Laszar

as Maud von Ossietzky

Blanche Kommerell

as Rosalinde von Ossietzky

Gisela May

as Edith Jacobsohn

Fritz Diez

as Hellmut von Gerlach

Erhard Köster

as Kurt Tucholsky

Eberhard Esche

as Hubert Knickerbocker

Vera Oelschlegel

as Journalist

Gerry Wolff

as Alfred Apfel

Günter Sonnenberg

as Walter Kreiser

Heinz Suhr

as Wilhelm Groener

Heinz Hinze

as Kurt von Schleicher

Fred Alexander

as Joseph Goebbels

Wilhelm Burmeier

as Hermann Göring

Peter Groeger

as Fritz

Otto Krieg Helbig

Thomas Weisgerber

Norbert Christian

as Narrator

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

Siegfried Weiß