Main cast:
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Dr. Otto Kaufmann
- Helmut Qualtinger as General
- Christine Kaufmann as Hanna
- Heinz Bennent as Dr. Erwin Strobel
- Gudrun Landgrebe as Eva Lorenz
- Doris Kunstmann as Leni
- Kurt Weinzierl as Oberst
- Alexander Trojan as Dr. Kurt Lorenz
Supporting cast:
- Michael Schanze as Leutnant
- Peter Vogel as Oberleutnant
- Ernst Jacobi as Professor
- Peter Fitz as Kommandant
- Alexander Allerson as Hauptmann
- Franz Buchrieser as Feldwebel
- Hans Clarin as Wachmann
- Hans-Peter Korff as Obergefreiter
- Hans-Reinhard Müller as Unteroffizier
- Hans-Peter Hallwachs as Soldat
- Hans-Michael Rehberg as Soldat