"A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area."
Margarethe von Trotta
as Sophie de Reval
Matthias Habich
as Erich von Lhomond
Rüdiger Kirschstein
as Conrad de Reval
Mathieu Carrière
as Volkmar von Plessen
Valeska Gert
as Tante Praskovia
Frederik von Zichy
as Franz von Aland
Bruno Thost
as Chopin
Marc Eyraud
as Doctor Paul Rugen
Henry van Lyck
as Borschikoff
Alexander von Eschwege
as Blankenberg
Franz Morak
as Grigori Loew
Hannes Kaetner
as Michel
Stephan Paryla-Raky
as Unteroffizier
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Jutta Brückner
Writer
Marguerite Yourcenar
Novel
Jane Seitz
Editor
Geneviève Dormann
Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Igor Luther
Director of Photography
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Producer