| Margarethe von Trotta |
| Barbara Sukowa | Hannah Arendt | |
| Axel Milberg | Heinrich Blücher | |
| Janet McTeer | Mary McCarthy | |
| Julia Jentsch | Lotte Köhler | |
| Ulrich Noethen | Hans Jonas | |
| Michael Degen | Kurt Blumenfeld | |
| Nicholas Woodeson | William Shawn | |
| Victoria Trauttmansdorff | Charlotte Beradt | |
| Klaus Pohl | Martin Heidegger | |
| Timothy Lone | Newsreader | |
| Friederike Becht | Young Hannah Arendt | |
| Harvey Friedman | Thomas Miller | |
| Megan Gay | Francis Wells | |
| Claire Johnston | Ms Serkin | |
| Gilbert Johnston | Professor Kahn | |
| Tom Leick | Jonathan Schell | |
| Sascha Ley | ||
| Nilton Martins | tribe Student Pedro | |
| Fridolin Meinl | ||
| Ralph Morgenstern | Moderator | |
| Leila Schaus | Laureen | |
| Alexander Tschernek | Professor |
| Margarethe von Trotta | (scénář) | |
| Pam Katz | (scénář) |
| Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu | (co-producent) | |
| Rüdiger Jordan | (line producer) | |
| Cornelia Ackers | (commissioning editor) | |
| Bady Minck | (co-producent) | |
| Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre | (co-producent) | |
| Johannes Rexin | (producent) | |
| Sabine Schenk | (line producer nyc) | |
| Bettina Brokemper | (producent) | |
| David Silber | (co-producent) | |
| Birgit Titze | (commissioning editor) | |
| Sascha Verhey | (line producer) | |
| Michel Zana | (co-producent) | |
| Michael André | (commissioning editor) | |
| Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan | (commissioning editor) | |
| Sophie Dulac | (co-producent) |
| Caroline Champetier |
| André Mergenthaler |
| Bettina Böhler |
| Volker Schäfer |
| Frauke Firl |
| Susanne Ritter |
| Leila Schumacher | (additional makeup artist) | |
| Erwin H. Kupitz | (wig maker) | |
| Caroline Torschew | (additional makeup artist) | |
| Nadia Homri | (maskér) | |
| Carla Hovenbitzer | (additional makeup artist) | |
| Katrin Silbernagel | (additional makeup artist) | |
| Astrid Weber | (chief makeup artist) | |
| Antje Bockeloh | (chief makeup artist) | |
| Sabine May | (makeup trainee) | |
| Lisa Meier | (additional makeup artist) | |
| Katrin Paas | (additional makeup artist) |
| Anja Fromm |
| Petra Klimek |
| Adolf Eichmann | (archivní záběry, neoficiálně) | |
| Gideon Hausner | (archivní záběry, neoficiálně) |