| BBirgitta AssheuerSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| PPeter CsobádiSelf - Music Journalist | Self - Music Journalist |
| OOliver RathkolbSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
 Christa LudwigSelf - Opera Singer | Self - Opera Singer |
| EEleonore BüningSelf - Music Critic | Self - Music Critic |
| AAlexandra GütermannSelf - Anita von Karajan's Niece | Self - Anita von Karajan's Niece |
| LLore SalzburgerSelf - Karajan's Secretary | Self - Karajan's Secretary |
| WWerner ReselSelf - Musician | Self - Musician |
| KKarl LeisterSelf - Musician | Self - Musician |
 Anne-Sophie MutterSelf - Musician | Self - Musician |
| PPeter BremSelf - Musician | Self - Musician |
| CClemens HellsbergSelf - Musician | Self - Musician |
| JJoachim TiburtiusSelf - Politician (voice) | Self - Politician (voice) |
 Herbert von KarajanSelf - Music Conductor (archive footage) | Self - Music Conductor (archive footage) |
| FFritz KaiserSelf - Musician (archive footage) | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
 Wilhelm FurtwänglerSelf - Musician (archive footage) | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
 Joseph GoebbelsSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| WWinifred WagnerSelf - Musical Director (archive footage) | Self - Musical Director (archive footage) |
| AAnita von KarajanSelf - Karajan's 2nd Wife (archive footage) | Self - Karajan's 2nd Wife (archive footage) |
| EEliette von KarajanSelf - Karajan's 3rd Wife | Self - Karajan's 3rd Wife |
 Willy BrandtSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| SSabine MeyerSelf - Musician | Self - Musician |
