Cast

B
Burghart Klaußner
as Bertolt Brecht
T
Tom Schilling
as Young Bertolt Brecht
A
Adele Neuhauser
as Helene Weigel
T
Trine Dyrholm
as Ruth Berlau
L
Lou Strenger
as Young Helene Weigel
B
Bertolt Brecht
as Himself (archive footage)
P
Petr Stach
as Singer and hurdy gurdy
H
Helmut Zhuber
as Latin teacher Dr. Gebhard
M
Mala Emde
as Paula Banholzer
F
Franz Hartwig
as Young Caspar Neher
M
Markus Hering
as Brecht's Father
K
Kerstin Thielemann
as Marie Röcker
S
Stella Adorf
as Sophie Brecht
T
Thimo Meitner
as Walter Brecht
H
Hannes Wegener
as Dr. Lion Feuchtwanger
F
Friederike Becht
as Marianne Zoff
F
Filip Čáp
as Camillus Recht
M
Manuel Zschunke
as Arnolt Bronnen
J
Jessica McIntyre
as Marta Feuchtwanger
P
Philipp Schenker
as Herbert Jhering
L
Leonie Benesch
as Young Elisabeth Hauptmann
A
Anatole Taubman
as Ernst Josef Aufricht
O
Oscar Olivo
as Kurt Weill
O
Ole Eisfeld
as Harald Paulsen
P
Paula Banholzer
as Herself (archive footage)
F
Franz Dinda
as Egon Monk
L
Laura de Boer
as Isot Kilian
M
Maria Dragus
as Regine Lutz
E
Ernst Stötzner
as Caspar Neher
M
Matthias Rheinheimer
as Paul Albert Krumm
T
Theo Lingen
as Himself (archive footage)
V
Vincent Redetzki
as Martin Pohl
K
Karolina Horster
as Käthe Rülicke
M
Michal Dudek
as Palitzsch
A
Anna Herrmann
as Käthe Reichel
M
Marie Luise Stahl
as Angelika Hurwicz
J
Jaroslava Laufenová
as Elisabeth Hauptmann
T
Thomas Meinhardt
as Wilhelm Girnus
M
Maximilian Klas
as Manfred Wekwerth
P
Petra Bučková
as Gerda Goedhart
J
Jan Šantroch
as Kamper
G
Götz Schubert
as Ernst Busch
R
Regine Lutz
as Herself - Actress
C
Charles Laughton
as Galileo (voice)
E
Egon Monk
as Himself (archive footage)
M
Martin Pohl
as Himself (archive footage)
W
Walter Ulbricht
as Himself (archive footage)
J
Joseph Stalin
as Himself (archive footage)

Crew

H
Heinrich Breloer
Director
H
Heinrich Breloer
Writer