| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Franz "Fox" Biberkopf [L] | |
| Peter Chatel | Eugen Thiess [L] | |
| Karlheinz Böhm | Max [L] | |
| Rudolf Lenz | Rechtsanwalt [SR] | |
| Harry Baer | Philip [SR] | |
| Adrian Hoven | Herr Thiess [SR] | |
| Ulla Jacobsson | Frau Thiess [SR] | |
| Christiane Maybach | Hedwig Biberkopf [SR] | |
| Kurt Raab | Wodka-Peter [SR] | |
| Peter Kern | Blumenverkäufer Schmidt [SR] | |
| Karl Scheydt | Manager Klaus [SR] | |
| Karl-Heinz Staudenmeyer | Krapp [SR] | |
| Irm Hermann | Mlle Cherie de Paris [SR] | |
| Ingrid Caven | Sängerin Ingrid [SR] | |
| Hark Bohm | Polizeiinspektor [SR] | |
| Barbara Valentin | Albine, Frau von Max [SR] | |
| Walter Sedlmayr | Autohändler [SR] | |
| Brigitte Mira | Frau an der Lottostelle [SR] | |
| El Hedi ben Salem | Marokkaner Salem [SR] | |
