Heinrich George

as Nettelbeck

Kristina Söderbaum

as Maria

Horst Caspar

as Gneisenau

Gustav Diessl

as Schill

Paul Wegener

as Loucadou

Claus Clausen

as König Friedrich Wilhelm III.

Irene von Meyendorff

as Königin

Paul Bildt

as Rektor

Kurt Meisel

as Claus Werner

Franz Schafheitlin

as Fanselow

Paul Henckels

as Major in Königsberg

Otto Wernicke

as Bauer Werner

Jakob Tiedtke

as Reeder

Hans Hermann Schaufuß

as Zaufke

Herbert Klatt

as Bürger

Theo Shall

as Gen. Loison

Josef Dahmen

as Franz

Werner Scharf

as Gen. Teuliè

Charles Schauten

as Napoléon Ier

Egon Krenz