| Hanna Schygulla | Effi Briest [HR] | |
| Wolfgang Schenck | Baron Geert von Innstetten [HR] | |
| Karlheinz Böhm | Geheimrat Wüllersdorf [HR] | |
| Sprecher [NR] | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Ulli Lommel | Major Crampas [NR] | |
| Ursula Strätz | Roswitha [NR] | |
| Irm Hermann | Johanna [NR] | |
| Lilo Pempeit | Luise von Briest (Mutter) [NR] | |
| Herbert Steinmetz | Herr von Briest (Vater) [NR] | |
| Hark Bohm | Apotheker Gieshübler [NR] | |
| Rudolf Lenz | Geheimrat Rummschüttel [NR] | |
| Barbara Valentin | Marietta Tripelli [NR] | |
| Karl Scheydt | Kruse [NR] | |
| Eva Mattes | Hulda [NR] | |
| Andrea Schober | Annie von Innstetten | |
