Mads Ole Erhardsen
— Ole, as a child
Jesper Hede
— Kresten, Ole's cousin
Mette Marie Hede
— Mette, Ole's sister
Lone Rode
— Ole's mother
Poul Clemmensen
— Ole's father
Lotte Hermann
— The aunt
Mikkel Hede
— Child
Karen-Margrethe Nyborg
— Child
Charlotte Winther Nielsen
— Child
Gaute Munch
— Child
Lars Junggreen
— Ole, as teenager and adult
Inez Thomsen
— Marianne
Svend Schmidt-Nielsen
— Marianne's father
Flemming Ytzen
Ilse Rande
— Merethe
Ib Tardini
— Victor
Lisbet Lipschitz
— Ulla
Lis Nielsen
— The head nurse