温斯顿·伦纳德·斯宾塞·丘吉尔
Winston Churchill
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
埃里希·昂纳克
Erich Honecker
饰：Himself (General Secretary of the SED) (archive footage)
埃贡·克伦茨
Egon Krenz
饰：Himself
埃里希·米尔克
Erich Mielke
饰：Himself (archive footage)
列昂尼德·伊里奇·勃列日涅夫
Leonid Brezhnev
饰：Himself (archive footage)
尼基塔·谢尔盖耶维奇·赫鲁晓夫
Nikita Khrushchev
饰：Himself (archive footage)
赫尔曼·戈林
Hermann Göring
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
科琳娜·哈弗奇
Corinna Meffert
饰：Herself (actress)
哈里·S·杜鲁门
Harry S. Truman
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
约瑟夫·维萨里奥诺维奇·斯大林
Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин
饰：Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
莱赫·瓦文萨
Lech Walesa
饰：Himself (archive footage)
Richard von Weizsäcker
饰：Himself (Former President of Germany)
Peter Ensikat
饰：Himself (writer)
瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔
Václav Havel
饰：Himself
Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht
饰：Himself (General Secretary of the S.E.D.) (archive footage)
亚历山大·杜布切克
Alexander Dubcek
饰：Himself (archive footage)
史悌芬·海姆
Stefan Heym
饰：Himself (writer) (archive footage)
Kurt Zeiseweiss
Kurt Zeiseweiss
饰：Himself - STASI Officer
Günter Toepfer
Günter Toepfer
饰：Himself - Imprisoned after failed border escape)
Ernst Thälmann
Ernst Thälmann
饰：Himself (At Communist Rally) (archive footage)
Wolfgang Templin
Wolfgang Templin
饰：Himself - Student STASI Informer
Steffi Spira
Steffi Spira
饰：Herself (archive footage)
安娜·西格斯
Anna Seghers
饰：Herself (archive footage)
Karl Schirdewan
Karl Schirdewan
饰：Himself (archive footage)
Hans-Joachin Schädlich
饰：Himself (writer)
君特·沙博夫斯基
Günter Schabowski
饰：Himself (Accused Politburo Minister)
Gerd Poppe
Gerd Poppe
饰：Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (archive footage)
Ehrhart Neubert
饰：Himself - pastor
Reiner Kunze
饰：Himself (writer)
Hagen Koch
Hagen Koch
饰：Himself - STASI Border Guard Regiment
Father Jordanus
Father Jordanus
饰：Himself
Johann Holm
Johann Holm
饰：Himself - STASI Operative
Robert Havemann
Robert Havemann
饰：Himself (archive footage)
Katja Havemann
Katja Havemann
饰：Herself - Wife of Robert Havemann
Harald Hauswald
Harald Hauswald
饰：Himself (Photographer)
Karin Gueffroy
Karin Gueffroy
饰：Herself
君特·格拉斯
Günter Grass
饰：Himself (writer)
Pastor Christian Führer
Pastor Christian Führer
饰：Himself
Jürgen Fuchs
Jürgen Fuchs
饰：Himself (writer)
尼克·弗雷泽
Nick Fraser
饰：Narrator (BBC)
Pastor Rainer Eppelmann
Pastor Rainer Eppelmann
饰：Himself
Peter Eich
Peter Eich
饰：Himself
贝托尔特·布莱希特
Bertolt Brecht
饰：Himself (archive footage)
沃尔夫·比尔曼
Wolf Biermann
饰：Himself (Friend of Robert Havemann)
Günter Bazyli
Günter Bazyli
饰：Himself - GDR Border Guard Officer
Gerd Bäcker
Gerd Bäcker
饰：Himself - STASI Colonel
康拉德·阿登纳
Konrad Adenauer
饰：Himself (first chancellor of Germany) (archive footage)
米哈伊尔·谢尔盖耶维奇·戈尔巴乔夫
Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв(
饰：自己
Rainer Eppelmann
饰：Himself
Christian Führer
饰：Himself
贝蒂娜·魏格纳
Bettina Wegner
饰：Herself - Singer,songwriter
Steffie Spira
饰：Self,(archive footage)