Burghart Klaußner

Bertolt Brecht

Tom Schilling

Young Bertolt Brecht

Adele Neuhauser

Helene Weigel

Trine Dyrholm

Ruth Berlau

Lou Strenger

Young Helene Weigel

Bertolt Brecht

Himself (archive footage)

Petr Stach

Singer and hurdy gurdy

Helmut Zhuber

Latin teacher Dr. Gebhard

Mala Emde

Paula Banholzer

Franz Hartwig

Young Caspar Neher

Markus Hering

Brecht's Father

Kerstin Thielemann

Marie Röcker

Stella Adorf

Sophie Brecht

Thimo Meitner

Walter Brecht

Hannes Wegener

Dr. Lion Feuchtwanger

Heinrich Breloer