Horst Caspar

as Friedrich Schiller

Heinrich George

as Herzog Karl Eugen

Lil Dagover

as Gräfin Franziska von Hohenheim

Eugen Klöpfer

as Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart

Paul Henckels

as Hofmarschall von Silberkalb

Friedrich Kayssler

as Vater Schiller

Hannelore Schroth

as Laura Rieger

Paul Dahlke

as Sergeant Riess

Herbert Hübner

as General Rieger

Hans Nielsen

as Eleve Scharffenstein

Ernst Schröder

as Eleve Zumsteg

Wolfgang Lukschy

as Eleve Boigeol

Hans Leibelt

as Prof. Abel

Bernhard Minetti

as Franz Moor

Albert Florath

as Pastor Moser

Vicco von Bülow

as Page at the Court of Duke Karl Eugen

Hans Quest

as Student Hoven

Dagny Servaes

as Frau Rieger

Frithjof Rüde

as Grand Duke's Court Chamberlain

Fritz Genschow

Franz Nicklisch

Heinz Welzel

Hildegard Grethe

Walter Franck

Lothar Körner

Günther Hadank