- Bruno Ganz as Damiel
- Solveig Dommartin as Marion
- Otto Sander as Cassiel
- Curt Bois as Homer
- Peter Falk as Der Filmstar (the film star)
- Hans-Martin Stier as Der Sterbende (the dying man) (as Hans Martin Stier)
- Elmar Wilms as Ein trauriger Mann (a sad man)
- Sigurd Rachman as Der Selbstmörder (the suicide)
- Beatrice Manowski as Das Strichmädchen (the young prostitute)
- Lajos Kovács as (in the circus, Marion's trainer)
- Bruno Rosaz as Im Zirkus - Der Clown (in the circus, the clown)
- Laurent Petitgand as Im Zirkus - Der Kapellmeister (in the circus, the bandleader)
- Chick Ortega as Im Zirkus - Der Schlagzeuger (in the circus, the drummer) (as Chico Rojo Ortega)
- Otto Kuhnle as Im Zirkus - Die Jongleure (in the circus, the juggler)
- Christoph Merg as Im Zirkus - Der Jongleure (in the circus, the juggler)
- Peter Werner as Im Zirkus - Der Manager (in the circus, the manager)
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