Katharina Thalbach

as Friedrich(alt)

Anna Thalbach

as Friedrich (jung)

Oliver Nägele

as Friedrich Wilhelm I.

Christina Große

as Sophie Dorothea

Johannes Suhm

as Henri de Catt

Valerie Koch

as Elisabeth Christine

László I. Kish

as Minister Grumbkow

Anna Willecke

as Wilhelmine von Preußen

Roland Renner

as Graf von Schwerin

Karl Walter Sprungala

as Voltaire

Kai Michael Müller

as Hans Hermann von Katte

Markus Schoenen

as Algarotti

Oskar Bökelmann

as junger Offizier

Melanie Schmidli

as Zofe