Martina Gedeck

as Christa-Maria Sieland

Ulrich Mühe

as Gerd Wiesler

Sebastian Koch

as Georg Dreyman

Ulrich Tukur

as Anton Grubitz

Thomas Thieme

as Bruno Hempf

Hans-Uwe Bauer

as Paul Hauser

Volkmar Kleinert

as Albert Jerska

Matthias Brenner

as Karl Wallner

Charly Hübner

as Udo

Herbert Knaup

as Gregor Hessenstein

Bastian Trost

as Häftling 227

Marie Gruber

as Frau Meineke

Volker Michalowski

as Schriftexperte

Werner Daehn

as Einsatzleiter in Uniform

Hinnerk Schönemann

as Axel Stigler

Thomas Arnold

as Nowack

Ludwig Blochberger

as Benedikt Lehmann

Martin Brambach

as Einsatzleiter Meyer

Hubertus Hartmann

as Egon Schwalber

Paul Faßnacht

as Onkel Frank Hauser

Paul Maximilian Schüller

as Junge mit Ball

Susanna Kraus

as Andrea

Michael Gerber

as Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy

Fabian von Klitzing

as Tagesschausprecher

Harald Polzin

as Wächter

Sheri Hagen

as 'Martha' 1991

Gitta Schweighöfer

as 'Anja' 1984

Hildegard Schroedter

as 'Elena' 1984

Inga Birkenfeld

as 'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin

Jens Wassermann

as 'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau

Gabi Fleming

as Prostitute

Kai Ivo Baulitz

as Buchverkäufer

Anabelle D. Munro

as Theatre Actress (uncredited)

Klaus Münster

as Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)