Benno Fürmann

as Gustav 'Bubi' Scholz - jung

Götz George

as Gustav 'Bubi' Scholz - alt

Nicolette Krebitz

as Helga Scholz - jung

Angela Winkler

as Helga Scholz - alt

Dietmar Mues

as Klaus Eckleben - alt

Alexandra Maria Lara

as Renate - jung

Elisabeth Trissenaar

as Renate - alt

Horst Krause

as Fritz Gretzschel, Trainer

Michael Gwisdek

as Lado Taubeneck, Manager

Harald Juhnke

as er selbst

Hanns Zischler

as Otto Grimm

Rainer Basedow

as Boxpromoter

Axel Pape

Heinrich Giskes

as Abgeordneter

Katharina Meinecke

as Dr. Kranz, Psychologin

Charlie Hendricks

Christiane Ziehl

Matthias Zelic

Christiane Zeiske

Thomas Zander

Ron William

as U.S. Soldat

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Dorothea Walda

Andreas Wellano

Karyn von Ostholt

Wolf-Dirk Vogeley

Uwe Uhlmann

Heinz Trixner

Hans Dieter Trayer

as Chefarzt

Ursula Staack

Detlef Schulze

Volker Risch

Tyron Ricketts

Josef Quadflieg

Eckhard Preuß

Peter Prager

Franziska Ponitz

Sigrid W. Maschek

Georg Marin

Ute Maria Lerner

Hildegard Kuhlenberg

Maria Kowalsky

as Frieda

Nina Juraga

Elenor Holder

Paul Herwig

Ralph Herforth

as Häftling Ramm

Alexander Grill

Franziska Grasshoff

Steffen Gräbner

Kurt Glockzin

Karsten Gaul

Dörte Freundt

Barbara Focke

as Frau Druck, Helga's Mutter

Paul Faßnacht

Renate Dissel

Ciro de Chiara

as Häftling

René Breitbart

Anna Böttcher

Bernhard Bötel

Rolf Berg

Thomas Anzenhofer

Gustav Adolph

Heinrich Schmieder

as Klaus Eckleben - jung