"German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime."
Tom Schilling
as Kurt Barnert
Sebastian Koch
as Carl Seeband
Paula Beer
as Ellie
Saskia Rosendahl
as Elisabeth May
Oliver Masucci
as Antonius van Verten
Cai Cohrs
as Six-Year-Old Kurt Barnert
Ina Weisse
as Martha Seeband
Evgeniy Sidikhin
as Major Murawjow
Mark Zak
as Murawjow Interpreter
Ulrike C. Tscharre
as Miss Hellthaler
Bastian Trost
as Franz Michaelis
Hans-Uwe Bauer
as Horst Grimma
Hanno Koffler
as Günther Preusser
David Schütter
as Adrian Schimmel / Finck
Franz Pätzold
as Max Seifert
Hinnerk Schönemann
as Werner Blaschke
Jeanette Hain
as Waltraut Barnert
Jörg Schüttauf
as Johann Barnert
Johanna Gastdorf
as Grandmother Malvine
Florian Bartholomäi
as Günther May
Jonas Dassler
as Ehrenfried May
Ben Becker
as Otto
Lars Eidinger
as Exhibition Guide
Rainer Bock
as Burghart Kroll
Pit Bukowski
as Andreas
Johannes Allmayer
as
Martin Bruchmann
as Student
Andreas Nickl
as Thorsten
Lutz Blochberger
as Schon
Bruno F. Apitz
as Eser
Michaela Caspar
as Mrs. Rebernik
Luc Feit
as Hermann Schreiber
Hannes Hellmann
as Arthur Kastner
Jacob Matschenz
as Arendt Ivo
Stefan Mehren
as Jürgen Beier
Manfred Möck
as Kleiber
Rainer Reiners
as Mr. Rebernik
Anton Rubtsov
as Mischa
Chris Theisinger
as SS Doctor
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Director
Screenplay
Paolo Del Brocco
Co-Producer
Max Wiedemann
Producer
Max Richter
Original Music Composer
Piotr Strzelecki
Simone Bär
Casting
Alexandra Montag
Christine Strobl
Dirk Schürhoff
Patricia Rommel
Editor
Patrick Sanchez Smith
Co-Editor
Silke Buhr
Production Design
Jacek Gaczkowski
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Jan Mojto
David Vogt
Line Producer
Gabriele Binder
Costume Design
Julia Roeske
Set Decoration
Yvonne von Krockow
Quirin Berg
Christiane Henckel von Donnersmarck
Filip Hering
Michael Kranz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Matthias Richter
Sound Mixer
Aldo Signoretti
Hair Designer
Martin Steyer
Tom Sternitzke
Production Manager
Christoph von Schönburg
Sound Designer
Daniel Mattig
Maurizio Silvi
Makeup Designer