Horst Krause
— Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski
Josef Bierbichler
— Franz-Josef Strauss
Hans Brenner
— Josef März
Rosel Zech
— Marianne Strauß
Hermann Lause
— Honecker
Gerhard Garbers
— Helmut Kohl
Hansi Jochmann
— Mrs. Mielke
Nino Korda
— Streibel
Jürgen Holtz
— Mielke
Uta Schorn
— Sigrid Schalck
Bernhard Schütz
— Jenninger
Traugott Buhre
— Schmidt-Goldstein
Gerd Udo Feller
— Waigel
Ludwig Boettger
— Stoiber
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
— Self (archive footage) (uncredited)