cast
- Marita Breuer
- Maria Simon
- Dieter Schaad
- Paul Simon(old man)
- Michael Lesch
- Paul Simon(young man)
- Eva Maria Bayerwaltes
- Pauline Kröber(born Simon)
- Rüdiger Weigang
- Eduard Simon
- Karin Rasenack
- Lucie Simon
- Gertrud Bredel
- Katarina Simon
- Eva-Maria Schneider
- Marie-Goot
- Wolfram Wagner
- Mäthes-Pat
- Kurt Wagner
- Glassich Karl
- Karin Kienzler
- Pauline Simon
- Arno Lang
- Robert Kröber
- Mathias Kniesbeck
- Anton Simon(older man)
- Markus Reiter
- Anton Simon(young man)
- Rolf Roth
- Anton Simon(teenager)
- Sabine Wagner
- Martha Simon
- Michael Kausch
- Ernst Simon(older man)
- Roland Bongard
- Ernst Simon(younger man)
- Ingo Hoffman
- Ernst Simon(teenager)
- Peter Harting
- Hermann Simon(older man)
- Jorg Richter
- Herman Simon(younger man)
- Johannes Lobewein
- Alsois Wiegand
- Gertrud Sherer
- Martha Wiegand
- Hans Jürgen Schatz
- Wilfried Wiegand
- Gabriele Blum
- Lotti Schirmer
- Johannes Metzdorf
- Fritz Pieritz
- Marlies Assmann
- Appolonia
- Gudrun Landgrebe
- Klärchen Sisse
- Helga Bender
- Martina
- Joachim Bernhard
- Pollak
- Hans-Günter Kylau
- Hauptmann Zielke
- Gerd Riegauer
- Gschrey
crew
- Edgar Reitz
- Director, Producer, Screenwriter
- Hans Kwiet
- Producer
- Joachim von Mengershausen
- Producer
- Peter Steinbach
- Screenwriter
- Gernot Roll
- Cinematographer
- Nikos Mamangakis
- Composer (Music Score)
- Heidi Handorf
- Editor
- Franz Bauer
- Art Director, Set Designer
- Inge Richter
- Executive Producer
- Robert Busch
- Casting
