On one level, Friendly Fire is a portrait of the poet Erich Fried by his son, the filmmaker Klaus Fried. But it is also an exploration of the traumatic legacy of a century of European history that raises questions about our direction of travel and the cyclical nature of our inheritance.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Klaus FriedSelf | Self |
 Erich FriedSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Astrid ProllSelf | Self |
| DDavid FriedSelf | Self |
| PPetra FriedSelf | Self |
| KKathy FriedSelf | Self |
| TTom FriedSelf | Self |