Name	Known for
Esther Schweins Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Michele Strogoff - Il corriere dello zar (1999)
Otto Sander Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Wings of Desire (1987)
Boleslaw Barlog Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Seinerzeit zu meiner Zeit (1944)
Benno Besson Self Self See fewer	Das Film-Magazin Nr. 2 - Achtung 8x aufgeblendet: Feuilletons in Bildform (1962)
Wolf Biermann Self Self See fewer	Born in '45 (1990)
Klaus Maria Brandauer Various (archive footage) Various (archive footage) See fewer	Out of Africa (1985)
Bertolt Brecht Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Three Penny Opera (1963)
Friedrich Dürrenmatt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Pledge (I) (2001)
Ida Ehre Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Der Bagnosträfling (1949)
August Everding Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Alle Macht der Erde (1962)
Max Frisch Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Stiller
Götz George Self Self See fewer	The Deathmaker (1995)
Gustaf Gründgens Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	M (1931)
Andrea Jonasson Self Self See fewer	Trauer muß Elektra tragen (1970)
Ursula Karusseit Self Self See fewer	In aller Freundschaft (1998)
Friedrich Luft Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bunte Welt am großen Strom (1957)
Peter Mertz Self Self See fewer	Die Piefke-Saga (1990)
Heiner Müller Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003)
Will Quadflieg Self Self See fewer	Lola Montès (1955)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki Self Self See fewer	Das literarische Quartett (1988)
Henning Rischbieter Self Self See fewer	Bernhard Minetti - Ein Porträt (1964)
Günther Rühle Self Self See fewer	Dichtung und Wirklichkeit (1964)
Ernst Schumacher Self Self See fewer	Erziehung vor Verdun. Der große Krieg der weißen Männer (1973)
Giorgio Strehler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Die Sommerfrische (1965)
Walter Ulbricht Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Baumeister des Sozialismus Walter Ulbricht (1953)
Carl Zuckmayer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Captain from Köpenick (1956)