* Curd Jürgens as Leonhard Kleinhoff
* Gitte Haenning as Agnes Kleinhoff
* Werner Kremer as Karl, the postman
* Heinz Schubert as Johannes Kleinhoff
* Hannelore Hoger as Frau Pfefferkorn
* Walter Kohut as the police captain
The film was directed by Robert Siodmak.