Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Police Lieutenant Jansen
Günther Kaufmann
Anton
Boy Gobert
CEO
Arnold Marquis
Police President
Richy Müller
Nephew
Brigitte Mira
Personnel Director
Nicole Heesters
Barbara
Franco Nero
Weiss
Jörg Holm
Vice President
Hans Wyprächtiger
Zerling
Petra Jokisch
Elena Farr
Andreas Mannkopff
Wechselschichtregisseur
Ute Koska
Doctor
Frank Ripploh
Gangster
Hans-Eckart Eckhardt
Cop
Christoph Baumann
Detective
Juliane Lorenz
Nurse
Christel Harthaus
Cop
Richard Nixon
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Neil Armstrong
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Michael Chevalier
Weiss (voice)
Traudel Haas
Elena Farr (voice)