Herbert von Karajan
Self - Music Conductor (archive footage)
Christa Ludwig
Self - Opera Singer
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Self - Musician
Willy Brandt
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Clemens Hellsberg
Self - Musician
Lore Salzburger
Self - Karajan's Secretary
Birgitta Assheuer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Winifred Wagner
Self - Musical Director (archive footage)
Peter Csobádi
Self - Music Journalist
Oliver Rathkolb
Self - Historian
Fritz Kaiser
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Eleonore Büning
Self - Music Critic
Alexandra Gütermann
Self - Anita von Karajan's Niece
Anita von Karajan
Self - Karajan's 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Joachim Tiburtius
Self - Politician (voice)
Eliette von Karajan
Self - Karajan's 3rd Wife
Werner Resel
Self - Musician
Karl Leister
Self - Musician
Peter Brem
Self - Musician
Sabine Meyer
Self - Musician